Sorbet (pronounced /ˈsɔrbeɪ/) is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water flavored with fruit (typically juice or puree), wine, and/or liqueur. The origin of sorbet is variously explained as either a Roman invention, or a Middle Eastern drink charbet, made of sweetened fruit juice and water. The latin "sorbere" (verb) that come from an indo-european root that exist in Greek, Slavic and Persian and other indo-european languages. In latin as the italian verb sorbire a food means to drink/ to eat in the same-time a food so the substantive sorbetto it is a mix of a solid/liquid food. Probably the Arabs take the word from Byzantine or from Sassanid Empire when they arrived from the desert of the Arabic peninsula. The term sherbet or charbet is derived from Turkish: şerbat/şerbet, "sorbet", from the Persian sharbat, which in turn comes from the Arabic شربات sharbāt meaning "drink(s)" or "juice."[1] Sorbet is sometimes served between courses as a way to cleanse the palate before the main course.
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