quince
English
/kwɪns/
noun
Definitions
- The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
- The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
- A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quince borrowed from Old French cooing derived from Latin cotōneum (quince), mālum cotōneum derived from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον.
Origin
Ancient Greek
μηλοκυδώνιον
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quincelike English
- cotōneum Latin
- mālum cotōneum Latin
- cotogna Italian
- coing French
- Κυδώνιος Ancient Greek
- κυδώνιον Ancient Greek
- μηλοκυδώνιον Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- quince Middle English
- cainche Irish
- kvæde Danish
- cooing Old French
- codony Catalan, Valencian
- gutuie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ควินซ์ Thai
- quitina Old High German
- quede Middle Low German
- gutunji Aromanian
- codogn Friulian
- codogno Venetian