Where does “bergamot” come from?
bergamot (English) comes from French bergamote, from German Bergamotte, from Italian bergamotto, from Portuguese bergamota, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی.
bergamot (English): A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume
Definitions
- A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume
Ancestry of “bergamot”, step by step
bergamot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French bergamote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bergamote | bergamot, a pear cultivar; bergamot, a... |
| 2 | German | Bergamotte | bergamot |
| 3 | Italian | bergamotto | bergamot, Citrus × bergamia |
| 4 | Portuguese | bergamota | mandarin; bergamot |
| 5 | Italian | bergamotta | A type of pear, Pyrus persica |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | بك آرمودی | — |