Where does “ĉerizo” come from?
ĉerizo (Esperanto) comes from English cerise, from French cerise, from Spanish cereza, from Portuguese cereja, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον — pear-tree.
ĉerizo (Esperanto): cherry
Ancestry of “ĉerizo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cerise | A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink;... |
| 2 | French | cerise | cerise colour; cherry; cerise |
| 3 | Spanish | cereza | cherry red; cherry |
| 4 | Portuguese | cereja | cherry |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | ceresia | — |
| 6 | Latin | ceresium | — |
| 7 | Latin | cerasium | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κεράσιον | cherry; cherry tree |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κερασός | bird cherry, "Prunus avium" |
| 10 | Akkadian | ???? | pear-tree |
Words derived from “ĉerizo”