Where does “sitrus” come from?

sitrus (Malay) comes from English citrus, from French citrus, from German Zitrus, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

sitrus (Malay): citrus

Definitions

  1. citrus

Ancestry of “sitrus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcitrusAny of several shrubs or trees of the genus...
2Frenchcitrus
3GermanZitrus
4Latincī̆truscitron tree
5Greekκέδροςcedar
6Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος
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