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Sherbet
Word History: Although the word
sherbet has been in the English language for several centuries (it was first recorded in 1603), it has not always referred to what one normally thinks of as sherbet.
Sherbet came into English from Ottoman Turkish
sherbet or Persian
sharbat, both going back to Arabic
arba, "drink." The Turkish and Persian words referred to a beverage of sweetened, diluted fruit juice that was popular in the Middle East and imitated in Europe. In Europe
sherbet eventually came to refer to a carbonated drink. Because the original Middle Eastern drink contained fruit and was often cooled with snow,
sherbet was applied to a frozen dessert (first recorded in 1891). It is distinguished slightly from
sorbet, which can also mean "a fruit-flavored ice served between courses of a meal."
Sorbet (first recorded in English in 1585) goes back through French (
sorbet) and then Italian (
sorbetto) to the same Turkish
sherbet that gave us
sherbet.
Sherbert may refer to:
"Sherbert," an incorrect usage for the word
sherbet, an iced dessert containing both fruit juice and between 1% and 2% milkfat
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