- βερικόκκιον
- βερὶκοκκον, βερικόκκιονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `apricot' (Gp.)Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably] Lat.?Etymology: DELG mentions that Latin has praecoquum `early ripe' (perhaps it was considered as an early ripe variant of the peach) which was transcribed in Greek as πραικόκκιον (not in LSJ); note Gr. κόκκος `grain of fruit'. I don't know how this could have given our form. (Through Arab. albarqūq and Catal. a(l)bercoc this would have given Fr. apricot.)
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
