▪ Engl
syrup (formerly also
sirup,
sirop),
lC14, ‘thick, sweet liquid’, from oFr
sirop ‘sugared drink’ (
C13) and perhaps Ital
siroppo, both from Ar
šarāb ‘beverage, wine’. Span
jarabe,
jarope, and oProv
eissarop are directly from Ar; Ital
sciroppo is via mLat
sirupus –
EtymOnline.