English
lemonadier
Lemonadier comes from French limonadier ‘lemonade / soft drinks manufacturer’, and goes back to Sanskrit निम्बू.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlimóne‘lemon’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimon‘lemon’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonade‘lemonade’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonadier‘lemonade / soft drinks manufacturer’
- Englishearliest quotation 1809lemonadier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनिम्बू‘the common lime or lemon’
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentلیموlīmū, līmō‘lemon’
- Arabicc. 500–presentلَيْمُون‘lemon (fruit)’
- Italianc. 1300–presentlimóne‘lemon’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlimon‘lemon’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonade‘lemonade’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlimonadier‘lemonade / soft drinks manufacturer’
- Englishearliest quotation 1809lemonadier
Earliest quotation: 1809, Oliver Oldschool, Prospectus of the Port Folio: “to make up the group there are beggars at…”
Linked words
through Sanskrit निम्बू ‘the common lime or lemon’
Today it means
noun Someone who makes or sells lemonade.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit निम्बू / lemonadier