Where does “citron” come from?

citron (Swedish) comes from French citron, from German zitrone, from Italian citrone, from Latin citron, from Ancient Greek κίτρον, from Latin citrum, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

citron (Swedish): a lemon

Definitions

  1. a lemon

Ancestry of “citron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcitronlemon; lime; brimstone
2Germanzitronelemon fruit
3Italiancitronecitron
4Latincitron
5Ancient Greekκίτρονfruit of the citron tree
6Latincitrumnominative neuter singular of citer; accusative...
7Latincī̆truscitron tree
8Greekκέδροςcedar
9Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

Words derived from “citron

Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος