The sour citrus fruit we know as "lemon" belongs to the flowering plant family Rutaceae. Where did its name originate?
Answer Middle East
The word lemon may have originated in the Middle East. The name derives from Old French limon, then Italian limone, Arabic laymn, and Persian lmn, a general term for citrus fruit that is a cognate of Sanskrit "lime."
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