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Where does “ciliegino” come from?

ciliegino (Italian) comes from Italian ciliegia, from Italian ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.

ciliegino (Italian): cherry tomato

Definitions

  1. cherry tomato

Ancestry of “ciliegino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianciliegiacherry
2Italianciriegia—
3Vulgar Latinceresia—
4Latinceresium—
5Latincerasium—
6Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
7Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
8Akkadian????pear-tree
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