mela

it-noun

mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)

mele (plural)
melétta (diminutive)
melìna (diminutive)
melóna (augmentative)
melàccia (pejorative)

Inherited from Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, likely from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).


limone

limone m (plural limoni, diminutive limoncìno or limoncèllo)

limoni (plural)
limoncìno (diminutive)
limoncèllo (diminutive)


arancio

From arancia (“orange (fruit”), from arancio (“orange (tree)”).


arancio

→ Sardinian: aràngiu

Borrowed from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “elephant taste”).


ananas

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).


durian

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


frutto

it-noun

frutto m (plural frutti, diminutive frutterèllo or frutticèllo or fruttìno or frutticìno)

frutti (plural)
frutterèllo (diminutive)
frutticèllo (diminutive)
fruttìno (diminutive)
frutticìno (diminutive)

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

fruttidoro

Fructidor; a month in the French Republican Calendar

fruttifero

that produces fruit (a plant/tree), fertile (soil, ground), useful, profitable

(figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence), harvest


satsuma

1922: from Japanese 薩摩 (さつま, Satsuma); see above.

Citrus unshiu
Citrus unshiu#Translingual

satsuma (seedless cultivar of tangerine, Citrus unshiu)


ciliegia

ciliegia f (plural ciliegie or ciliege, diminutive ciliegìna, augmentative ciliegióna)

ciliegie (plural)
ciliege (plural)
ciliegìna (diminutive)
ciliegióna (augmentative)

From the variant ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Alternatively from ciliegio, ciriegio (Tuscan), from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus. See also cerasa. Double hypercorrectism : Tuscan corrects intervocalic R → intervocalic L (assuming that cer- is a Lombard pronunciation) ; and corrects -SA → -GIA (mistakenly assuming -sa is another Lombard pronunciation) ; same for garea→ galera, another hypercorrectism


fragola

it-noun

fragola f (plural fragole, diminutive fragolétta or fragolìna, augmentative fragolóna or fragolóne m)

fragole (plural)
fragolétta (diminutive)
fragolìna (diminutive)
fragolóna (augmentative)
fragolóne (augmentative masculine)


ciliegio

From the Tuscan ciriegio, from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus.


dattero

Inherited from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos). Doublet of dattilo.

(zoology) Synonym of dattero di mare (“date mussel”)


noce

noce f (plural noci, diminutive nocìna, augmentative nocióna)

noci (plural)
nocìna (diminutive)
nocióna (augmentative)

Inherited from Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


albicocca

From Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”). Doublet of precoce.

uder

اَلْبَرْقُوق


albicocca

اَلْبَرْقُوق


cetriolo

→ English: jadrool

From Vulgar Latin *citriŏlum. Doublet of citrullo.

cetriolo sottaceto


fico

it-adj

fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)

fica (feminine)
fichi (masculine plural)
fiche (feminine plural)
fichissimo (superlative)

From Romanesco fico, desuffixation of ficaccio, popular corruption of efficace. Often connected to fica, but this has been shown to be wrong.


lampone

Borrowed from Gallo-Italic, compare Piedmontese àmpola, Lombard ampon, Venetan ampoma, ampómola, with the initial l- by concretion of the definite article.


mandarancio

From mandarino (“mandarin”) + arancio (“orange (tree)”).


mandarino

mandarin (bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire)


melagrana

From the variant melagranata, from Vulgar Latin *melum granatum (cf. Italian melogranato, melograno), from Latin mālogrānātum or mālagrānātum.


melone

it-noun

melone m (plural meloni, diminutive meloncìno)

→ German: Melone

→ Hunsrik: Mëlon

From Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).


nespola

From Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Compare Portuguese nêspera and Spanish níspero.


prugna

From Vulgar Latin *prunea, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon). Cognate with Sicilian prunu.


ribes

→ Mòcheno: ribes

From Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).


oliva

From Latin olīva, from Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) or from Pre-Classical Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁loywom.


arancia

it-noun

arancia f (plural arance, diminutive arancìna)

desctree

→ Old Occitan: auranja
Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge, orange
Middle French: orange, orenge
French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
English: orange
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren
→ Marshallese: oran
Scots: orange, oranger
Norman: orange

Feminine form of arancio (“orange (tree)”), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga).


agrume

→ French: agrume

→ Serbo-Croatian: agrumi

→ Slovene: agrumi

From Vulgar Latin or Medieval Latin ācrūmen (“something sour or bitter”), ultimately from Latin ācer (“sharp, sour, bitter”). Cognate to Old French aigrun (“sour fruit”).


mandorlo

From Vulgar Latin *amandulus, from Latin amygdalus, from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλος (amúgdalos), ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).


pesco

From Vulgar Latin *pessicus, from Latin persicus. Doublet of persico.


anguria

From Ancient Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) (plural ἀγγούρια (angoúria)). Probably originally meaning “cucumber”.


susina

From susino (“plum tree”), from Vulgar Latin *susīna, from Latin Sūsa (“ancient capital of Elam”).


grosella

currant (fruit of bushes of the genus Ribes)


colombina

From colomba (“dove”) + -ina (diminutive suffix).

affix

a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle


corniola

From corniolo, ultimately from Latin cornus.

the fruit of the cornel, cornelian cherry


susino

From Vulgar Latin *susīna, from Latin Sūsa.


cotogna

From cotogno (“quince tree”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin root cotōnea, taken as a feminine singular from the plural of Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Also possibly from mela cotogna, from Latin māla cotōnea, also a feminine singular from the plural of mālum cotōneum (“quince tree”).


clementina

Borrowed from French clémentine, from Clemente.


fiorone

From fiore + -one. Compare French fleuron.


sanguinella

From Latin sanguis (“blood”, oblique stem sanguin-) + -ella.

der

Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea#Translingual


mela cotogna

From Latin māla cotōnea, from the plural of mālum cotōneum (“quince tree”), from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).

uder

μηλοκυδώνιον


mela selvatica

it-noun

mela selvatica f (plural mele selvatiche)


prugnolo

St. George's mushroom
St. George's mushroom

(mycology) St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)


fragolina di bosco

fragolina di bosco f (plural fragoline di bosco)


arancia sanguinella

arancia sanguinella f (plural arance sanguinelle)


mirabolano

Borrowed from Old French mirabolan, from Latin myrobalanum, from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).


nocepesco

From noce (“walnut tree”) + pesco (“peach tree”).


nettarina

Substantivization of the feminine singular of nettarino (adjective).


visciola

Borrowed from Frankish or Lombardic wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Compare German Weichsel.

Prunus cerasus var. austera
Wikispecies:Prunus cerasus var. austera

sour cherry, morello cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus var. austera)


visciolo

From visciola (“sour cherry, morello cherry”).

sour cherry tree, morello cherry tree (Prunus cerasus var. austera)


babaco

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ
Proto-Tupian *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa
Old Tupi 'ybá
Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu
Old Tupi -gûasu
Old Tupi 'ybagûasu
Nheengatu babasúbor.
Brazilian Portuguese babaçubor.
Italian babaco
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese babaçu.

bor+

Alternative form: babassu


diospiro

(regional) Synonym of cachi (“persimmon”)


armellino

desctree

→ German: Marille
→ Czech: meruňka
→ German: Marunke
→ Ladin: marila, marile
→ Polish: morela
→ Ukrainian: море́ля (morélja)
→ Serbo-Croatian: марѐлица / marèlica
→ Slovak: marhuľa
→ Slovene: marẹ̑la, marẹ̑lica


cocuncio

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual


appiolo

it-adj

appiolo (feminine appiola, masculine plural appioli, feminine plural appiole)

appiola (feminine)
appioli (masculine plural)
appiole (feminine plural)


verdacchio

From verde (“green”) + -acchio (“somewhat”, attenuative suffix).


pado

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάδος (pádos).


cedrangolo

From cedro (“cedar”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγουρον (ángouron, “cucumber”). Compare Sicilian citràngulu.


spadona

it-adj

spadona (feminine-only, feminine plural spadone)


miyagawa

1936: from Japanese 宮川 (みやがわ, Miyagawa, “Shrine River”), a nickname for Kamo River in Kyōto, on whose banks it was possibly grown.


sebesteno

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).


pesco noce

nectarine (Prunus persica subsp. persica)


pesca nettarina

it-noun

pesca nettarina f (plural pesche nettarine)


icaco

Ellipsis of prugna icaco (“cocoplum fruit”).


cirimoia

From Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual


sbergia

a variety of peach cultivated in Sicily and Calabria


meliaca

From Latin armeniaca (“apricot tree”), derived from Armenia.


mela canina

Compare English dogberry and see more cognates there.