▪ Engl
apricot :
1550 s,
abrecock, from Catalan
abercoc, related to Portug
albricoque, from Ar
al-birqūq, through ByzGrk
berikokkia from Lat
(malum) praecoquum ‘early-ripening (fruit)’; form assimilated to French
abricot. Lat
praecoquis ‘early-ripe’ can probably be attributed to the fact that the fruit was considered a variety of peach that ripened sooner than other peaches…. [Barnhart] –
EtymOnline.
▪ Ge
Aprikose :
C17, from Dutch
abrikoos, from Fr
apricot (influenced by the pl.), from Span
albaricoque and Portug
albricoque, from Ar
al-barqūq, from Grk
prekókkion (and var.s), from Lat
praecoquum ‘early-ripe’, belonging to Lat
coquere ‘to ripen, let ripe’. The fruit that was imported in Italy since C1 from China, was superiour to the indigenous
Marille and was called
persica praecocia ‘early-ripe peach’ (fruit that ripens earlier than peaches) – Kluge2002.