Where does “appom” come from?

appom (English) comes from Hungarian app, from English application, from Middle English applicacioun, from Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

appom (English): A type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice...

Definitions

  1. A type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice...

Ancestry of “appom”, step by step

appom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian app

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianappapp, application
2EnglishapplicationThe act of applying or laying on, in a literal...
3Middle Englishapplicacioun
4Old Frenchaplicacionapplication
5Latinapplicātiōapplication, inclination
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Tamil அப்பம்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilஅப்பம்bread, bun, chapatti; round cake of rice flour...
2Proto-Dravidian*appamrice cake
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ