citron

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκέδρος“cedar”
2. Latin · derived fromcitrus“citron tree, thuja”
3. French · borrowed fromcitron“lemon, lime”
4. English todaycitron

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology).

Words from the same roots