meloen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/məˈlun/
noun
Definitions
- melon plant or fruit of certain varieties of members of the Cucurbitaceae, notably excluding cucumbers and courgettes/zucchinis
- melon organ containing adipose tissue present in toothed whales
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch melone derived from Middle French melon derived from Old French melon derived from Latin mēlō derived from μηλοπέπων.
Origin
μηλοπέπων
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- melon English
- melonem Latin
- mēlō Latin
- mēlōnem, mēlō, melo Latin
- -e- Dutch, Flemish
- oen Dutch, Flemish
- oenemeloen Dutch, Flemish
- water Dutch, Flemish
- watermeloen Dutch, Flemish
- melon French
- melon Danish
- melon Old French
- melón Galician
- melone Middle Dutch
- waatlemoen Afrikaans
- m'lon Norman
- melon Middle French
- μηλοπέπων grc-koi
- mlon Romagnol