Etymology

bergamot

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Today it means: A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Full definition →

French bergamote ← Italian bergamotta ← Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی
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bergamot · noun1

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromبك آرمودی
  2. Italian · derived frombergamotta
  3. French · borrowed frombergamote
  4. English todaybergamot

From French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

bergamot · noun2

From Bergamo.

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