Where does “apple” come from?

Apple comes from Middle English appel, from Old French apel, the noun derived from Old French apeler, from Latin appellare, formed from Latin ad- and pellere.

apple (English): A common, round fruit produced by the tree "Malus...

Definitions

  1. A common, round fruit produced by the tree "Malus...

Ancestry of “apple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishappelfruit, nut; apple; ball; spheroid
2Old Englishæppelfruit; apple; ball, sphere
3Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
4Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

Words derived from “apple

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl
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