persicum

Latin edit

Inflected form of persicus (“Persian”).

persicum

Ellipsis of persicum pōmum (“Persian fruit”), from Persae (“Persians”). Compare Ancient Greek Περσική (Persikḗ, “Persia”).

persicum n (genitive persicī); second declension

Istriot:
- pirsigheîn (diminutive form)
Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: piérzeco
- Sicilian: pèrsicu
Padanian:
- Emilian: pèrsec, pèrseg, pèrsac
- Friulian: piersul
- Ligurian: pèrsego, pêrsio
- Lombard: pèrsec, pèrsic, pèrseghe
- Piedmontese: persi, pessi
- Romansch: persic
- Venetian: persego
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: presiego, prisiego
  Ansotano: presigo
  
  Belsetán: precieco, presico
  
  Chistabín: prixego
  
  Ribagorçan: pressic
- Catalan: préssec, prèssic
- Occitan: persèc
  Gascon: persec, pershec, pessec, preshic, persic, pershic
  
  Limousin: prossec
  
  Provençal: persègue
  
  Vivaro-Alpine: persegue
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: piescu
- Galician: pexego, pésago, pésego, pesego, pésigo, péxago, péxego, poxego, préxego, préxigo, príxigo
- Portuguese: pêssego, pessego
  - → Kabuverdianu: pésigu
- Old Spanish: priesco, presco
  - Spanish: piesco, prisco
Borrowings:
- → Albanian: pjeshkë
- → Latvian: persiks
- → Lithuanian: persikas
- → Proto-West Germanic: *persik (see there for further descendants)

Inflected form of persicus (“peach tree”).

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