almond English · revision 541

+ It is [[inh|enm|almande]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[bor|fro|almande]], [[m|fro|alemande]], [[m|fro|amande]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|la-lat|amandula]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) an alteration of [[la|amygdala]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|grc|ἀμυγδάλη|tr=amugdálē]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) a word of unknown origin, perhaps Semitic.^(Etymonline) The Latin form was altered in Medieval Latin under the influence of [[m|la|amandus]] “lovable”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The initial ''al-'' probably arose through association with Spanish [[m|es|almendra]] and the many Romance words beginning with the Arabic article ''al-''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Late Old English had [[m|ang|amygdales]] “almonds”.^(Etymonline)