Etymology

limoncello

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Today it means: A kind of Italian lemon-flavoured liqueur. Full definition →

Italian limoncello
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromlimoncello
  2. English todaylimoncello

Unadapted borrowing from Italian limoncello, a diminutive of limone (“lemon”).

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