Etymograph

English

marasca

Marasca comes from Italian marasca ‘morello, morello cherry’, from amaro ‘bitter’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃em-‘bitter, raw’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamārus‘bitter’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentamaro‘bitter’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentamarasca‘morello cherry’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmarasca‘morello, morello cherry’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃em-‘bitter, raw’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEamārus‘bitter’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentamaro‘bitter’
  4. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentamarasca‘morello cherry’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmarasca‘morello, morello cherry’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Italian amaro ‘bitter’

amaro, amaretto, 1 more

Today it means

noun A European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃em- / marasca

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