Where does “apricot” come from?
Apricot comes from English abrecock, Catalan abrecoc and albercoc, Arabic بَرْقُوق, Byzantine Greek βερικοκκίᾱ, Ancient Greek πραικόκιον, and Latin praecoquum, meaning early-ripening fruit.
apricot (English): A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling...
Definitions
- A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling...
Ancestry of “apricot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apricock | Archaic form of apricot |
| 2 | English | abrecock | Obsolete form of apricot |
| 3 | Catalan | abrecoc | — |
| 4 | Catalan | albercoc | apricot |
| 5 | Arabic | برقوق | plum, plums; apricot, apricots; peach, peaches |
| 6 | Arabic | بَرْقُوق | apricot; plums |
| 7 | Latin | praecocia | nominative neuter plural of praecox; accusative... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πραικόκιον | apricot |
| 9 | Latin | persicum | peach |
| 10 | Latin | Persae | inflection of Persa: ## genitive/dative... |