Arabic exports

lime (fruit)

Lime is lemon's twin: the same Persian līmū, in an Arabic form līma, came into English through Spanish lima. It has nothing to do with lime the mineral or lime the tree.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Andalusian Arabic to Portuguese

950 CEPersian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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