Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others. · Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others. · Benincasa hispida, the winter melon. · Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
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- Root classification mention*pekʷ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmelounenm
- Derivation mentionmelonfro
- Derivation mentionmelopeponemla
- Derivation mentionμηλοπέπωνgrc
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