Etymology

apricotty

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Today it means: Resembling apricots, apricotlike. Full definition →

English apricot ← French abricotinflu. ← Latin apricuminflu.
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  10. Latin*quoquō
  11. Latincoquō
  12. Latinpraecoquō
  13. Latinpraecoquus
  14. Latinpraecoquum
  15. Ancient Greekβερίκοκκον (beríkokkon)
  16. Medieval Greekβερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā)
  17. Classical Syriacܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā)
  18. Arabicبَرْقُوق (barqūq)
  19. Andalusian Arabicبَرْقُوق (barqūq)
  20. Catalanalbercoc
  21. Catalanarbreinflu.
  22. Catalanabrecoc
  23. Englishabrecock
  24. Latinapricuminflu.
  25. Englishapricock
  26. Frenchabricotinflu.
  27. Englishapricot
  28. English todayapricotty

From apricot + -y.

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