Editing Citron (section)

== Etymology ==
The fruit's name is derived from the Latin ''citrus'', which is also the origin of the genus name.

=== Other languages ===
A source of confusion is that ''[[:wikt:citron|<nowiki/>'citron]]''<nowiki/>' in French and English are [[false friend]]s, as the French word ''<nowiki/>'citron'<nowiki/>'' refers to what in English is a [[lemon]]; whereas the French word for the citron is ''<nowiki/>'cédrat'''. Indeed, into the 16th century, the English term ''citron'' included the lemon and perhaps the lime as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oed.com/ |title=Home : Oxford English Dictionary|publisher=oed.com}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2024|reason=link to home page instead of entry. Cannot find similar statement on other online dictionaries.}} Other languages that use variants of ''citron'' to refer to the lemon include Armenian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Esperanto, Polish and the Scandinavian languages.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In Italian it is known as {{lang|it|cedro}}, the same name used also to indicate the coniferous tree [[cedrus|cedar]]. Similarly, in Latin, citrus, or [[thyine wood]] referred to the wood of a North African cypress, ''[[Tetraclinis articulata]]''.
In [[Indo-Iranian languages]], it is called {{Transliteration|fa|turunj}}, as against {{Transliteration|fa|naranj}} ('bitter orange'). Both names were borrowed into [[Arabic]] and introduced into Spain and Portugal after their occupation by [[Muslims]] in AD 711, whence the latter became the source of the name ''[[Orange (fruit)|orange]]'' through [[rebracketing]] (and the former of 'toronja' and 'toranja', which today describe the [[grapefruit]] in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] respectively).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plantlives.com/docs/C/Citrus_medica.pdf |title=Citrus medica |date=2 October 2021 |publisher=plantlives.com|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421102229/http://www.plantlives.com/docs/C/Citrus_medica.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Dutch merchants seasonally import {{langr|id|Sukade}} for baked goods; a thick, light green colored commercially candied half peeling from Indonesia and other countries ({{lang|id|sukade}} – Indonesian word for love, ''Citrus médica'' variety 'Macrocárpa'), which can reach 2.5 kilograms mass. A bitter taste is removed by salt treatment before processing into confectionery.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hvass |first1=Else |title=Nuttige Planten In Kleur |date=1965 |publisher=Mousault |location=Amsterdam |isbn=9789022610220 |pages=76, 161 |edition=nedersland |url=https://www.deslegte.com/nuttige-planten-in-kleur-118498/}}</ref>

In Hebrew it is called an ''etrog'' ({{lang|he|אתרוג}}); in Yiddish, it is pronounced ''"esrog"'' or  "''esreg''". The citron plays an important role in the harvest holiday of [[Sukkot]] paired with ''[[lulav]]im'' (fronds of the [[date palm]]).