Where does “eggplant” come from?

I need to work through this etymology chain carefully, but I notice there's a significant problem: the chain provided doesn't actually connect to "eggplant." The chain shows: English plant ← Middle English plante ← Latin planta ← Proto-Indo-European roots, but this traces "plant," not "eggplant." Additionally, the chain appears corrupted or malformed at the end (it repeats h₂eḱ- and h₂ōwyóm without clear progression), and crucially, there's no connection shown from any of these roots to "egg" or to the actual etymology of eggplant, which would involve different linguistic elements entirely. I cannot write an accurate one-sentence summary that follows your rules because: 1. The provided chain doesn't support the etymology of "eggplant" 2. The chain itself appears incomplete or malformed 3. Your rule requires naming

eggplant (English): The plant "Solanum melongena"; The edible fruit...