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βερίκοκκον

berikokkon

apricot

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What it meant

1. βερίκοκκον · berikokkon — Beekes

βερίκοκκον [n.} ‘apricot’ (Gp.). «ΝΑΙ βερικόκκιον. *ETYM DELG mentions that Latin has the word praecoquum ‘precocious’ (perhaps it was considered a precocious variant of the peach), which was transcribed in Greek as πραικόκκιον (not in LSJ); note Gr. » κόκκος ‘grain of fruit’. However, it is unclear how this could have yielded Bepikoxkov. Through Arab. albargitq and Catal. a(l\bercoc, the word reached … — [Beekes, s.v. βερίκοκκον, p. 258]

2. βερίκοκκον · berikokkon — Chantraine

βερίκοκκον, βερικόκκιον (Gp. etc.) : «abricot». Type de mot voyageur. Le latin a praecoquum (cf. André, Lexique 260) qui a été transcrit en grec sous ia forme πραυκόκοιον. | — [Chantraine, s.v. βερίκοκκον, p. 187]

3. βερίκοκκον · berikokkon — LSJ

apricot

apricot, Gp. 10.73.2:—Dim. βερικόκκιον ib. 3.1.4, Artem. 1.73; β. μῆλον Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.100. (Lat. praecoqua.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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