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]