Editing Almond (section)

=== Etymology ===

The word ''almond'' is a [[loanword]] from [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|almande}} or {{lang|fro|alemande}},<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |cite EB1911 |wstitle=Almond |volume=1 |page=716}}</ref> descended from [[Late Latin]] {{lang|la|amandula}}, {{lang|la|amindula}}, modified from [[Classical Latin]] {{lang|la|amygdala}}, which is in turn borrowed from [[Ancient Greek]] {{transliteration|grc|amygdálē}} ({{lang|grc|ἀμυγδάλη}})<ref name=EB1911/><ref name="oed">{{cite web |title=Almond |url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=almond |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper |access-date=18 May 2023 |date=2023}}</ref> (cf. [[amygdala]], an almond-shaped portion of the brain).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Almond |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/almond |dictionary=Dictionary.com |access-date=16 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427091114/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/almond |archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref> Late [[Old English]] had ''amygdales'' 'almonds'.<ref name="oed"/>

The adjective ''amygdaloid'' (literally 'like an almond, almond-like') is used to describe objects which are roughly almond-shaped, particularly a shape which is part way between a [[triangle]] and an [[ellipse]]. For example, the amygdala of the brain uses a direct borrowing of the Greek term {{transliteration|grc|amygdalē}}.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Amygdaloid Complex: Anatomy and Physiology |vauthors=Sah P, Faber ES, Lopez De Armentia M, Power J |s2cid=16456971 |doi=10.1152/physrev.00002.2003 |journal=Physiological Reviews |date=1 July 2003 |volume=83 |pages=803–834 |issue=3 |pmid=12843409}}</ref>