MapologiesNov 5, 2024

Day 5 of #30DayMapChallenge: Journey
The fruit #apricot 🍑 took an incredible journey around the Mediterranean: starting from #Latin, it traveled to #Greek, then made its way into #Arabic, was later adopted by #Catalan, and finally borrowed into #English. What a traveller!

https://mapologies.com/fruits/

#etymology #language #etymologymap #fruit #europe #map #persian #albercoc #aprikose #abricot #albicocca

Fruits • M A P O L O G I E S

As humans spread all over the world, so fruit trees did. The etymologies of their names give us information about their origin and travels

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Show threadJungbaumbeauftragter_in_spe

@mapologies

Sehr schön.
#kartenliebe
Is this the linguistic route or the route of botanical dispersal?
Does the former follow the latter?
Or did the former follow the trade routes of the time?

Mar 23 at 8:08amWeb
Show threadMapologies4d ago
@dendroniker Hello! It is the language borrowings: from Latin to Greek, later from Arab to French. Apricots are believed to have originated in Central Asia and China.
Show threadJungbaumbeauftragter_in_spe4d ago

@mapologies

Deshalb botanisch:/
So, botanically speaking:

Prunus armeniaca

Show threadTYB4d ago
Petit ajout : en breton, aussi abrikez (pl) -enn (sing)