Arabic al-birqūq lies behind Catalan abercoc and earlier English abrecock. Etymonline explains that French abricot influenced the modern English form.
These are selected stages. French influence is not represented as a separate ancestry card, and the deeper Latin proposal is not scored.
Sources
- Merriam-Webster: apricot
Word History gives abrecock and the ultimate Arabic and Latin connections.
- Etymonline: apricot
The noun entry supplies Catalan mediation, French influence and the qualification on the deeper route.