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Where does “cerise” come from?

cerise (English) comes from French cerise, from Spanish cereza, from Portuguese cereja, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός — pear-tree.

cerise (English): A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink;...

Definitions

  1. A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink;...

Ancestry of “cerise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcerisecerise colour; cherry; cerise
2Spanishcerezacherry red; cherry
3Portuguesecerejacherry
4Vulgar Latinceresia—
5Latinceresium—
6Latincerasium—
7Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
8Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
9Akkadian????pear-tree
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