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Where does “ċirse” come from?

ċirse (Old English) comes from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.

ċirse (Old English): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “ċirse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinceresia—
2Latinceresium—
3Latincerasium—
4Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
5Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
6Akkadian????pear-tree

Words derived from “ċirse”

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