sorbetto

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Hyphenated as
sor‧bét‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sorˈbet.to/
Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic شَرِبَ (šariba)der. Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba)bor. Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat)bor. Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet)bor. Italian sorbetto Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba). Unrelated to sorbire, despite phonetic and semantic similarities, but partly influenced by it. Doublet of sciroppo.

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