Comments on: Two English apr-words, part 2: ‘Apricot’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-apricot-etymology/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Apricity « Hitchhiking to Heaven http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-apricot-etymology/#comment-349668 Apricity « Hitchhiking to Heaven Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:44:21 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26411#comment-349668 [...] The first thing I wanted to tell her was that I recently learned a new word that I thought she would like: Apricity. It means the warmth of the sun in winter. It comes from the Latin “apricus,” meaning “exposed to the sun.” And I bet more than one of you will have the same next question as I had: Does the word “apricot” come from that source, too? I thought it might, but it doesn’t. “Apricot” is more closely related to the word “precocious” — for the fruit’s reputation as an early ripener. (That’s a really truncated version of the story. The full, fascinating, nerd-appealing version can be found on the blog of Oxford University Press.) [...] [...] The first thing I wanted to tell her was that I recently learned a new word that I thought she would like: Apricity. It means the warmth of the sun in winter. It comes from the Latin “apricus,” meaning “exposed to the sun.” And I bet more than one of you will have the same next question as I had: Does the word “apricot” come from that source, too? I thought it might, but it doesn’t. “Apricot” is more closely related to the word “precocious” — for the fruit’s reputation as an early ripener. (That’s a really truncated version of the story. The full, fascinating, nerd-appealing version can be found on the blog of Oxford University Press.) [...]

]]> By: Birdseed http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-apricot-etymology/#comment-300819 Birdseed Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:17:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26411#comment-300819 Is the Ber- thing related to the Hungarian word for apricot, barack? (with the "c" representing a ts sound) Is the Ber- thing related to the Hungarian word for apricot, barack? (with the “c” representing a ts sound)

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » ‘Awning’ and ‘tarpaulin’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-apricot-etymology/#comment-300189 OUPblog » Blog Archive » ‘Awning’ and ‘tarpaulin’ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:31:13 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26411#comment-300189 [...] general rule, all the involved etymologies are wrong, though, to be sure, exceptions exist (compare my summer post on apricot). On the other hand, very simple, naive derivations are also suspicious and smack of folk [...] [...] general rule, all the involved etymologies are wrong, though, to be sure, exceptions exist (compare my summer post on apricot). On the other hand, very simple, naive derivations are also suspicious and smack of folk [...]

]]> By: Alice Northover http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-apricot-etymology/#comment-288416 Alice Northover Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:37:44 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26411#comment-288416 @David Thanks for catching the typo. I'll correct it immediately. -- Blog Editor Alice @David

Thanks for catching the typo. I’ll correct it immediately.

– Blog Editor Alice

]]> By: David Bauwens http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/word-origin-apricot-etymology/#comment-286153 David Bauwens Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:51:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26411#comment-286153 Fascinating stuff. One tiny thing: in Dutch we say abrikoos, not aprikoos. Fascinating stuff. One tiny thing: in Dutch we say abrikoos, not aprikoos.

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