Plumcot
/ˈplʌm.kɒt/noun
A hybrid fruit produced by crossing a plum with an apricot.
Did you know?The name is associated with horticulturist Luther Burbank, who developed plum–apricot hybrids in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*prausom
“A plum; the reconstructed ancestor of words for plum in several Indo-European languages.”
Classical Latin
Latin
prūnum
“Plum.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
praikókion
“An early-ripening fruit, especially the apricot; from Latin praecoquum.”
Medieval Arabic and Romance
Arabic / Old French
al-barqūq / aubercot
“Apricot; the fruit’s name traveled through Arabic and French into English.”
16th Century
English
apricot
“The familiar name for the orange, early-ripening stone fruit.”
Late 19th–Early 20th Century
English
plumcot
“A horticultural blend of plum and apricot, formed from plum + apricot.”
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