ceresa

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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.

In the Cartularies of Valpuesta both masculine forms are recorded: cereso (c. 944) and cerezo (c. 1210) as well as a relatinisation zeraysum (c. 1044).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡se.ˈɾe.sa/

Noun

ceresa

1. cherry
   • c. 1300, Tratado de Agricultura de Ibn Bassal‎^[1], page 91:

     E otrosy se an de senbrar los albarcoques e las çeresas en este tienpo e las milgranas e los priscos e las huuas e los figos anse de senbrar en otubre e en nouienbre.(...)

     And apricots and cherries are to be sown at this time; and millegrains and prunes and grapes and figs are to be sown in October and November. (...)

Descendants

• Spanish: cereza