Where does “cerise” come from?

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

cerise (Old French): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “cerise”, step by step

cerise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ceresia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinceresiacherry
2Latinceresium—
3Latincerasiumcherry, fruit of the cherry tree
4Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
5Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
6Akkadian????pear-tree

via Vulgar Latin ceresia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinceresia—
2Late Latinceresium—

Words derived from “cerise”

Every word from Akkadian ???? →Every word from Ancient Greek κερασός →Every word from Ancient Greek κεράσιον →