Editing Apricot (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Apricot Etymology Map.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|Map of the [[etymology]] of "apricot" from Latin via Late and Byzantine Greek to Arabic, Spanish and Catalan, Middle French, and so to English]]

''Apricot'' first appeared in English in the 16th century as ''abrecock'' from the [[Middle French]] {{Lang|frm|aubercot}} or later {{Lang|frm|abricot}},<ref>"[http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/abricot abricot (French)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922135756/http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/abricot |date=2017-09-22 }}".  Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales.</ref> from Spanish ''[[wikt:albaricoque|albaricoque]]'' and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] {{lang|ca|a(l)bercoc}}, in turn from Arabic {{lang|ar|الْبَرْقُوق|rtl=yes}}{{lrm}} ({{lang|ar-latn|al-barqūq}}, {{gloss|the plums}}), from Byzantine Greek {{lang|grc|βερικοκκίᾱ}} ({{lang|grc-latn|berikokkíā}}, {{gloss|apricot tree}}), derived from late Greek {{Lang|grc|πραικόκιον}} ({{lang|grc-latn|praikókion}}, {{gloss|apricot}}) from Latin [{{lang|la|persica}} ({{gloss|peach}})] {{lang|la|praecocia'}} ({{lang|la|praecoquus}}, {{gloss|early ripening}}).<ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|apricot}}</ref><ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|apricot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dean |first=Sam |title=On the Etymology of the Word Apricot |date=9 May 2013 |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/on-the-etymology-of-the-word-apricot |publisher=Bon Appetit |access-date=22 October 2018 |archive-date=22 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022154729/https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/on-the-etymology-of-the-word-apricot |url-status=live }}</ref>