From German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from the French plural apricots. This via Spanish, Arabic, and Ancient Greek, ultimately from Classical Latin praecox (“ripe before its time, premature”).
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אַפּריקאָס • (aprikos) m, plural אַפּריקאָסן (aprikosn)