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`サクランボ` means `cherry` in English.

However, it is different from the direct conversion of cherry, `チェリー`.

What is the origin of this word?

Which language does it originate?
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What is the origin of the foreign word サクランボ?
# From Japanese (and perhaps some Chinese)

There is no borrowing here, as the opening part explicitly shows Japanese
**sakura**. The etymology is, as most often assumed,

```

    さくらんぼ < 桜{さくら}の坊{ボウ}
    
```

, where 坊 ‘monk’ could refer to the cherries being as smooth as a monk’s
shaven head. The word is still spelt 桜ん坊 in Kanji, so there is nothing really
surprising here beyond kun plus on compound.
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