melon
French
noun
Definitions
- melon (fruit)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French melon inherited from Latin mēlōnem, mēlō, melo, mēlopepō (type of pumpkin) derived from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (melon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μηλοπέπων
Gloss
melon
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- melon English
- melo Latin
- melonem Latin
- melopeponem Latin
- mēlopepō Latin
- mēlō Latin
- mēlōnem, mēlō, melo Latin
- melone Italian
- melón Spanish, Castilian
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- πέπων Ancient Greek
- mealbhacán Irish
- melon Danish
- meloun Czech
- melon Old French
- meló Catalan, Valencian
- melón Galician
- m'lon Norman
- melon Middle French
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- melon Old Portuguese
- melón Asturian
- מלפפון Aramaic
- moulon Antillean Creole