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Where does “chery” come from?

chery (Middle English) comes from Old English ċiris, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.

chery (Middle English): Alternative form of cheri

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cheri

Ancestry of “chery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċiris—
2Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
3Latinceresiacherry
4Latinceresium—
5Latincerasium—
6Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
7Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
8Akkadian????pear-tree

Words derived from “chery”

  • cherry
  • cherrywood
  • chokecherry
  • cherrystone
  • groundcherry
  • cherried
  • cherryade
  • cherrylike
  • cherrying
  • cherriest
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • cherryless
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • 車厘子
  • بندر سري بكاوان
  • 체리
  • Բանդար Սերի Բեգավան
  • เชอร์รี
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • seri
  • Bandar Seri Begawan
  • seri
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