Where does “watermeloen” come from?
watermeloen (Dutch) comes from Dutch meloen, from Middle Dutch melone, from Middle French melon, from Old French melon, from Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων, from Ancient Greek πέπων.
watermeloen (Dutch): watermelon
Definitions
- watermelon
Ancestry of “watermeloen”, step by step
watermeloen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch meloen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | meloen | melon |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | melone | — |
| 3 | Middle French | melon | — |
| 4 | Old French | melon | melon (fruit) |
| 5 | Latin | melonem | accusative singular of mēlō |
| 6 | Latin | melopeponem | A type of pumpkin |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλοπέπων | melon, "Cucumis melo" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πέπων | ripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Dutch water
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | water | water; body of water; bodily fluid |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wāter | water |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | loo | sacred wood, forest; forest, thicket |
| 4 | Old Dutch | lō | forest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | lauh | clearing; meadow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lauhaz | clearing; meadow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lówkos | clearing; open space, clearing; field, meadow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |