syrup

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromشَرَاب“a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromsiruppus
3. Old French · derived fromsirop
4. Middle English · inherited fromsirup
5. English todaysyrup

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

Words from the same roots