English
acerola
Acerola comes from Spanish acerola ‘azarole, the fruit of the acerolo’, and goes back to Arabic زُعْرُورَة ‘singulative of زُعْرُور (zuʕrūr)’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentزُعْرُورَة‘singulative of زُعْرُور (zuʕrūr)’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الزَعْرُورَةaz-zaʕrúra
- Spanishc. 1500–presentacerola‘azarole, the fruit of the acerolo’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentزُعْرُورَة‘singulative of زُعْرُور (zuʕrūr)’
- Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600الزَعْرُورَةaz-zaʕrúra
- Spanishc. 1500–presentacerola‘azarole, the fruit of the acerolo’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Arabic زُعْرُورَة
Today it means
noun Any tree of species Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and northern South America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic زُعْرُورَة / acerola