Where does “marelica” come from?
marelica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Marille, from Italian armellino, from Latin armeniacum, from Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴.
marelica (Serbo-Croatian): apricot
Ancestry of “marelica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Marille | apricot |
| 2 | Italian | armellino | Alternative form of ermellino; ermine; apricot |
| 3 | Latin | armeniacum | apricot; Alternative form of ammōniacum |
| 4 | Latin | Armenia | Armenia |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀρμενία | inflection of Ἀρμένιος :
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| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 | — |