Where does “ŝorbeto” come from?
ŝorbeto (Esperanto) comes from Polish sorbet, from French sorbet, from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic شُرْبَة, from Ottoman Turkish چوربا, from Persian شوربا, from Persian شور — to wash.
ŝorbeto (Esperanto): sorbet, sherbet frozen fruit puree
Definitions
- sorbet, sherbet frozen fruit puree
Ancestry of “ŝorbeto”, step by step
ŝorbeto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish sorbet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | sorbet | sorbet, sherbet |
| 2 | French | sorbet | sorbet, sherbet |
| 3 | Italian | sorbetto | sorbet, sherbet; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Turkish | şerbet | sherbet |
| 5 | Arabic | شُرْبَة | a drink; drink |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | چوربا | soup |
| 7 | Persian | شوربا | a kind of stew |
| 8 | Persian | شور | salty; excitement; uproar, clamor |
| 9 | Persian | شوریدن | to revolt, to rebel |
| 10 | Persian | شستن | to wash |
via English sherbet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sherbet | A food of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product... |
via Russian шербет
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | шербет | sherbet, sorbet |