Etymology

succulent

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Today it means: Juicy or lush. Full definition →

French succulent ← Latin succulentus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsucculentus
  2. French · borrowed fromsucculent
  3. English todaysucculent

Borrowed from French succulent, from Latin succulentus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.