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- Italian · borrowed frommaraschino
- English todaymaraschino
From Italian maraschino, from marasca (“morello cherry”) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”), from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries. Full definition →
From Italian maraschino, from marasca (“morello cherry”) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”), from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.