Where does “citrone” come from?

citrone (Italian) comes 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.

citrone (Italian): citron

Definitions

  1. citron

Ancestry of “citrone”, step by step

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

Words derived from “citrone”

Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος →Every word from Greek κέδρος →Every word from Latin cī̆trus →