Where does “sorbetto” come from?
sorbetto (Italian) comes from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic شُرْبَة, from Ottoman Turkish چوربا, from Persian شوربا, from Persian شور, from Persian شوریدن, from Persian شستن.
sorbetto (Italian): sorbet, sherbet; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- sorbet, sherbet; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “sorbetto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | şerbet | sherbet |
| 2 | Arabic | شُرْبَة | a drink; drink |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | چوربا | — |
| 4 | Persian | شوربا | a kind of stew |
| 5 | Persian | شور | salty; excitement; uproar, clamor |
| 6 | Persian | شوریدن | — |
| 7 | Persian | شستن | — |
Words derived from “sorbetto”