EuroLex/F/Chicory

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  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: chicorée - 1. endive, 2. succory, 3. coffee substitute


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech cikorka ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Danish cikorie ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Dutch cichorei ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
English chicory 1393 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Estonian sigur ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Finnish sikuri ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Chicorée, also Schikoree ... 'meaning 1 and 2' '...' ...
Hungarian cikória ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian cicoria ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Latvian cigoriņi ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Lithuanian cikorija ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian sikori ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Polish cykoria ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Portuguese chicória ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Romanian cicoare ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak cigória ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Slovenian cikorija ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...
Spanish achicoria ... 'meaning 1 and 2' '...' ...
Swedish cikoria ... 'meaning 1, 2, 3' '...' ...

Annotations[edit | edit source]

chicory/succory: a perennial herb (Cichorium intybus) of the composite family, native to the Old World and widely naturalized in North America, having rayed flower heads with usually blue florets

endive: any of various forms of this plant cultivated for their edible leaves (such as radicchio)

coffee substitute: the dried, roasted, ground roots of this plant, also used as an adulterant


Etymology: from MF cichorée, from L cichoreum, from Gk kikhorion (pl. kikhoreia) "endive", of unknown origin although a connection with O.Egyptian word keksher was suggested


Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages[edit | edit source]

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