piru

Inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”) and pirum (“pear”).

inh+

dari li pira


virdura

virdi (“green”) + -ura. Compare Italian verdura.

nu stufàtu dâ virdura


cipudda

From Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.


accia

Borrowed from Old French ache (otherwise from Occitan), ultimately from Latin apium. Compare facci, sacciu, siccia for similiar morphological developments into Sicilian.

Jìi a 'ccattari l'accia.


basilicò

From Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón), βασιλικός (basilikós) or Latin basilicum.


spàraciu

From Latin sparagus, asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


cirasa

→ Maltese: ċirasa


pumu

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”), from Proto-Italic *poomos. Cognate with Italian pomo, French pomme, Ladin pom, Lombard pomm and others.


racina

[ʐä.ˈʃiː.nä]

[ɾä.ˈʃiː.nä]

Borrowed from Old French raisine (“grape”).


cìciru

→ Italian: Cicero

→ English: Cicero

Inherited from Latin cicer (as if via a Vulgar Latin *cicerum). Compare Italian cece.


ficu

Italian: la fico (Sicily)

Italian: la fica (Salento)


ficu d'Innia

From Latin ficus and Latin India. Compare Italian fico d'India and Spanish higo de pala.

Any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia.

The fruit, often edible, of such a plant.


milinciana

Possibly from Medieval Latin melongena, ultimately from Arabic باذنجان, from Persian بادنجان.
Cognate with Italian melanzana, Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána).

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Arabic باذنجان

Persian بادنجان


anciova

→? Italian: anciova (regional)

[a̠n̠ʲˈt͡ʃɔːva̠]

Possibly from Spanish anchova, anchoa, ultimately from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē). Compare English anchovy.


pitrusinu

[pɪʈ͡ʂʊˈsiːnʊ]

From Vulgar Latin *petrosīnu (compare Old French persin, whence French persil), from Latin petroselīnum or petroselīnon, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).

πετροσέλῑνον


mènnula

→ Italian: mennula, mendola (regional)

→ Italian: Amendola, Mendola, Mendolia

From Latin *amendula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin.

almond:

(uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.


miluni

From Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).


puma d'amuri

[ˌpumä ɾ‿äˈmuːɾɪ]

Literally “love apple”, but a possible corruption of Spanish poma de moros (literally “fruit of Moors”). See Italian pomodoro and French pomme d’amour.


cacumbaru

From Ancient Greek κόμαρος (kómaros, “strawberry tree”).

Arbutus unedo
Arbutus unedo#Translingual

strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo (regional, Calabrian)


pumadoru

Alternative form of pummadoru (“tomato”)


zàgara

Italian: zagara

From Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower, blossom”), from the same root as زَهَرَ (zahara, “to shine, to sparkle white”). Cognate to Spanish azahar and Galician azar.

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an orange blossom or, rarely, any citrus tree blossom


càvulu

From Late Latin caulus, Latin caulis (“stem, cabbage”), or from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós). Compare Italian cavolo.


cuccumeli

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοκκύμηλον (kokkúmēlon), from κόκκῠξ (kókkŭx, “cuckoo”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, any fruit from a tree”). The ending in -i could be a consequence of contamination with meli (“honey”).


cànnava

From Late Latin cannaba (or cānaba), from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of cannabis. Compare Italian canapa and English canvas.

Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa#Translingual


cànnavu

From Late Latin cannabum (or cānabum), from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of cannabis. Compare Italian canapa and English canvas.


gesiminu

desc

→ Maltese: ġiżimin, ġiżmin, ġesmina, ġeżmina

Etymology tree
Middle Persian yʾsmn'
Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor.
Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor.
Sicilian gesiminu
From Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn), via Siculo-Arabic. Cognate with Italian gelsomino.

etymon

gesuminu cidratu / di l'Arabbia / di Malta

gesuminu di Nàpuli

Jasminum officinale
Jasminum officinale#Translingual


cacicia

Reseda luteola
Reseda luteola#Translingual


mulinciana

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *molengena, from the metathesis of Medieval Latin melongena, ultimately from Arabic باذنجان, from Persian بادنجان.
Cognate with Italian melanzana, Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána).

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Arabic باذنجان

Persian بادنجان