Etymograph

English

lemonade

Lemonade comes from French limonade, from limon ‘lemon’, and ultimately from Sanskrit निम्बू.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentlimóne‘lemon’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentlimon‘lemon’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonade
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1910lemonade

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentlimóne‘lemon’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentlimon‘lemon’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonade
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1910lemonade

Earliest quotation: 1910, New-York Observer: “Mrs. Murphy, who had […] stopped for a few…”

Equivalent to lemon + -ade

Old French lymon ‘citrus’

Middle English lymon

English lemon

Linked words

through Sanskrit निम्बू ‘the common lime or lemon’

lime, 7 more

Today it means

noun A flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland, generally specified as still, cloudy, or traditional lemonade.)

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Etymograph / Sanskrit निम्बू / lemonade

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