Other forms: almonds
An almond is an oval nut with a pale sweet kernel. Ground almonds, a handful of almonds, almond milk.
It is the seed of a fruit related to the peach rather than a true nut. Bitter almonds contain a compound that releases cyanide and are not sold for eating raw. Growing them takes a great deal of water, which is now an argument in California.
1nounalmondAn oval nut with a pale sweet kernel.
“She added a handful of toasted almonds to the salad for crunch.”
almond is a nut.
Old French almande comes through Latin from Greek amygdale, the name of the nut.
Vulgar Latin
*amendla
Old French
almande
Middle English
almond
English, today
almond
From Middle English almond, from Old French almande, from Vulgar Latin amendla, from amygdala. From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin amendla, amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη, of unknown origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال. Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from xaa بندق (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). a doublet of amygdala and amygdale and mandorla.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA