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.
apricot · apricot (having a pale yellowish-orange color)
köken: Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía)der. Latin Armenia Latin armeniacum Italian armellinobor. Austrian German Marillebor. Polish morela Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Old Polish -owy Polish -owy Polish morelowy From morela + -owy.