Where does “agrumi” come from?
agrumi (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian agrume, from Medieval Latin acrumen, from Latin acer, from Proto-Italic akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
agrumi (Serbo-Croatian): citrus fruits
Ancestry of “agrumi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | agrume | citrus |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | acrumen | — |
| 3 | Latin | acer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | akris | sharp; sour-tasting |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂eḱrós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |