Noyau
/ˈnɔɪ.oʊ/noun
A liqueur traditionally flavored with the kernels of stone fruits, especially apricots or peaches; also, a kernel or stone-fruit core.
Did you know?Traditional noyau flavoring often involved apricot or peach kernels containing amygdalin, a compound capable of releasing cyanide when broken down.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*nókʷs
“Nut or fruit kernel”
Classical Latin
Latin
nux; nucis
“Nut; the genitive form supplied the stem used in later derivatives”
Late Latin
Latin
nucāle
“Something relating to a nut or kernel”
Old French
Old French
noiel / noiau
“Kernel, stone, or pit of a fruit”
16th–17th Century
French
noyau
“Kernel or stone of a fruit”
17th Century
English
noyau
“A liqueur flavored with fruit kernels; later also a kernel or core”