Etymology

amaretto

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Today it means: A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits. Full definition →

Italian amaretto ← Latin amarus
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  1. Latin · derived fromamarus
  2. Italian · borrowed fromamaretto
  3. English todayamaretto

From Italian amaretto, from amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amarus) + diminutive suffix -etto.

Words from the same roots

Latinamarus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.