Where does “lymon” come from?

lymon (Old French) comes from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू, from Mundari lembu.

lymon (Old French): lemon

Definitions

  1. lemon

Ancestry of “lymon”, step by step

lymon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic لَيْمُون

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
2Persianلیموlemon; lime
3Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
4Mundarilembu—

via Ottoman Turkish limon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishlimon—

Words derived from “lymon”

Every word from Mundari lembu →Every word from Sanskrit निम्बू →Every word from Persian لیمو →