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Where does “abricoter” come from?

abricoter (French) comes from French abricot, from Catalan abrecoc, from Catalan albercoc, from Arabic برقوق, from Arabic بَرْقُوق, from Latin praecocia, from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον, from Latin persicum — inflection of Persa: ## genitive/dative...

abricoter (French): to glaze with a thin layer of apricot preserve...

Definitions

  1. to glaze with a thin layer of apricot preserve...

Ancestry of “abricoter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchabricotapricot; vulva, vagina, female genitalia
2Catalanabrecoc—
3Catalanalbercocapricot
4Arabicبرقوقplum, plums; apricot, apricots; peach, peaches
5Arabicبَرْقُوقapricot; plums
6Latinpraecocianominative neuter plural of praecox; accusative...
7Ancient Greekπραικόκιονapricot
8Latinpersicumpeach
9LatinPersaeinflection of Persa: ## genitive/dative...
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