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al-birquq
Arabic · medieval
"the early-ripening fruit"
borrowed from Byzantine Greek praikokion, ultimately from Latin praecoquum (early-ripening)
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abricot
French · 1500s
"the apricot fruit"
carried into French via Spanish and Catalan trade routes
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apricot
English · 1550s
"a small orange stone fruit"
settled as the English word for the orange stone fruit
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