Where does “cireașă” come from?

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

cireașă (Romanian): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “cireașă”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cireașă

Every word from Akkadian ????Every word from Ancient Greek κερασόςEvery word from Ancient Greek κεράσιον