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Where does “ċiris” come from?

ċiris (Old English) comes 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.

Ancestry of “ċiris”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ċiris”

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