Etymology

cerise

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Today it means: A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink. Full definition →

French cerise ← Vulgar Latin ceresia ← Latin cerasium
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  1. Latin · derived fromcerasium
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromceresia
  3. French · borrowed fromcerise
  4. English todaycerise

Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.

Words from the same roots

Vulgar Latinceresia all →

cherry

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