Apricot first appeared in English in the 16th century as abrecock from the Middle French aubercot or later abricot,"abricot (French) ". Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales. from Spanish albaricoque and Catalan a(l)bercoc, in turn from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, "the plums"), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκίᾱ (berikokkíā, "apricot tree"), derived from late Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion, "apricot") from Latin [persica ("peach")] praecocia (praecoquus, "early ripening").
Apricot first appeared in English in the 16th century as abrecock from the Middle French aubercot or later abricot,"abricot (French) ". Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales. from Spanish albaricoque and Catalan a(l)bercoc, in turn from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, "the plums"), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκίᾱ (berikokkíā, "apricot tree"), derived from late Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion, "apricot") from Latin [persica ("peach")] praecocia (praecoquus, "early ripening").