melon的词源

英文词源

melon

melon: [14] Greek mēlon actually meant ‘apple’. But combination with pépōn ‘ripe’ (a relative of English peptic [17]) produced mēlopépōn, which was used for ‘melon’. This passed into Latin as mēlopepō, but the -pepō part was subsequently dropped, giving mēlō – source, via Old French, of English melon.
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melon (n.)

late 14c., from Old French melon (13c.), from Medieval Latin melonem (nominative melo), from Latin melopeponem, a kind of pumpkin, from Greek melopepon "gourd-apple" (name for several kinds of gourds bearing sweet fruit), from melon "apple" (see malic) + pepon, a kind of gourd, probably noun use of pepon "ripe" (see pumpkin).

In Greek, melon was used in a generic way for all foreign fruits (compare similar use of apple). The Greek plural of "melon" was used from ancient times for "a girl's breasts."

中文词源

melon：甜瓜，香瓜

来自拉丁语melonem,来自希腊语melopepon,葫芦果，葫芦状的苹果，来自melon,苹果，词源同malic,pepon,一种葫芦，可能来自pepon,熟的，来自PIE*pekw,煮，词源同cook,dyspeptic.后用以指甜瓜，香瓜，哈蜜瓜一类的瓜果。需注意的是，melon在希腊语除了指苹果，也指其它各种各样的水果，尤其是外来品种，如peach,字面意思为波斯苹果。

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