Etymograph

English

sorbet

Sorbet comes from Italian sorbetto ‘sorbet, sherbet’, from Arabic شَرْبَة ‘instance noun of شَرِبَ (šariba)’, and ultimately from شَرِبَ ‘to drink’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَرِبَšariba‘to drink’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentشَرْبَةšarba‘instance noun of شَرِبَ (šariba)’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentشَرْبَتšarbat
  4. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928شربتşerbet‘sherbet, sorbet, a frozen fruit juice blended with sugar and eaten as dessert’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentsorbetto‘sorbet, sherbet’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sorbet
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَرِبَšariba‘to drink’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentشَرْبَةšarba‘instance noun of شَرِبَ (šariba)’
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentشَرْبَتšarbat
  4. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928شربتşerbet‘sherbet, sorbet, a frozen fruit juice blended with sugar and eaten as dessert’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentsorbetto‘sorbet, sherbet’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sorbet
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Arabic شَرِبَ ‘to drink’

syrup, 5 more

through Ottoman Turkish شربت ‘sherbet, sorbet, a frozen fruit juice blended…’

sherbet, 2 more

Today it means

noun Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.

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

Etymograph / Arabic شَرِبَ / sorbet

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