Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Hooker's Journal Botany. Apparently an alteration of seringa, after seringueiro. The form is not paralleled in Portuguese; French seringue only means ‘syringe’.
Definition of seringue in US English:
seringue
nounsɪˈrɪŋɡeɪ
rare, historical
= seringa.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Hooker's Journal Botany. Apparently an alteration of seringa, after seringueiro. The form is not paralleled in Portuguese; French seringue only means ‘syringe’.