nectarine=النكتارين

nectarine=النكتارين

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

nectarine (n.)

type of peach with smooth skin, 1660s, noun use of adjective meaning "of or like nectar" (1610s; see nectar + -ine (1)). Probably inspired by Ger. nektarpfirsich "nectar-peach." Earlier in English as nectrine.

nectar (n.)

1550s, from L. nectar, from Gk. nektar, name of the drink of the gods, which is said to be a compound of nek- "death" (see necro-) + -tar "overcoming," from PIE *tere- "to cross over, pass through, overcome." Meaning "sweet liquid in flowers" first recorded c.1600.