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Where does “Zitronensaft” come from?

Zitronensaft (German) comes from German zitrone, from Italian citrone, from Latin citron, from Ancient Greek κίτρον, from Latin citrum, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

Zitronensaft (German): lemon juice

Definitions

  1. lemon juice

Ancestry of “Zitronensaft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzitrone—
2Italiancitrone—
3Latincitron—
4Ancient Greekκίτρονfruit of the citron tree
5Latincitrumnominative neuter singular of citer; accusative...
6Latincī̆trus—
7Greekκέδροςcedar
8Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
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