'Lemon' is a word borrowed from Persian 'līmun'. The word entered the English language some time around the 15th century.
lemon [noun] [15th century]
- an acid fruit that is botanically a many-seeded pale yellow oblong berry produced by a small thorny citrus tree (Citru...
- a tree that bears
- one (as an automobile) that is unsatisfactory or defective
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Etymology: Middle English 'lymon' from Middle French 'limon' from Medieval Latin 'limon-, limo' from Arabic 'laymūn, līmūn' from Persian 'līmū, līmun'
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