Where does “cerise” come from?

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

cerise (French): cerise colour; cherry; cerise

Definitions

  1. cerise colour; cherry; cerise

Ancestry of “cerise”, step by step

cerise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cereza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcerezacherry red; cherry
2Portuguesecerejacherry
3Vulgar Latinceresia
4Latinceresium
5Latincerasiumcherry, fruit of the cherry tree
6Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
7Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
8Akkadian????pear-tree

via Old French cerise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcerisecherry
2Latinceresiacherry

Words derived from “cerise

Every word from Akkadian ????Every word from Ancient Greek κερασόςEvery word from Ancient Greek κεράσιον