köken: From Middle French abricot, from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία pl (berikokkía), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecoqua pl, (mālum) praecoquum, neuter of Latin (persicum) praecox (literally “early-ripening peach”). Doublet of précoce.
köken: Late 16th century. Borrowed from Late Middle French abricots, plural of abricot, from Spanish albaricoque, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Latin praecoqua. At the time of the borrowing, the French plural-s was still pronounced (at least in pausal position), hence the form abrikoos.
köken: Borrowed from French abricot, from Catalan abrecoc, ultimately from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (malum) praecoquum, from earlier Latin (persicum) praecox (literally “over-ripe peach”). Doublet of precoce.
Abricó. — Armeniaca vulgaris, Lamark. — Prunus armeniaca, Linn. — Fam. das Rosaceas. — Planta natural da Armenia;
köken: Borrowed from German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from Middle French abricots, plural of abricot, from Catalan albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Latin praecocia, form of praecox.
köken: Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía)der. Latin Armenia Latin armeniacum Italian armellinobor. Austrian German Marillebor. Polish morela Borrowed from Austrian German Marille.
Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía)der. Latin Armenia Latin armeniacum Italian armellinobor. German Marille Borrowed from Italian armellino. Do not confuse with the nightshade Morelle and the cherry Morelle (“morello”), Schattenmorelle, which have been mixed up in dialects; an older form of this Marille word Ammarelle meant a kind of cherry.