Where does “ċirasa” come from?
ċirasa (Maltese) comes from Sicilian cirasa, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.
ċirasa (Maltese): cherry
Ancestry of “ċirasa”, step by step