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sorbic (adj.)

1815, in sorbic acid, so called because it was first isolated from the berries of the mountain ash (see sorb).

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Sorb (n.)

1843, from German Sorbe, from Slavic Serb, the national designation. Slavic people surviving in Lusatia, eastern Saxony, also known as Wends. Related: Sorbian (1836); earlier Sorabian (1788), from Medieval Latin Sorabi.

updated on May 01, 2012

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