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jujube

The origin and history of jujube.

Etymology

Jujube reached Middle English by way of two related sources, a Medieval Latin term and its Old French counterpart, both believed to trace through Old Occitan to a Classical Latin name for the fruit that was itself adopted from Ancient Greek. The word has been recorded since the fourteenth century.

Origin: Old French

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