Where does “horned melon” come from?
horned melon (English) comes from English horned, from Middle English horned, from Middle English horn, from Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
horned melon (English): A plant of the species Cucumis metulifer, bearing...
Definitions
- A plant of the species Cucumis metulifer, bearing...
Ancestry of “horned melon”, step by step
horned melon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horned
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horned | Having horns; cuckolded; simple past tense and... |
| 2 | Middle English | horned | Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned... |
| 3 | Middle English | horn | A horn; A jutting or projecting extremity of... |
| 4 | Old English | horn | horn; gable |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English melon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | melon | Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae... |
| 2 | Old French | melon | melon (fruit) |
| 3 | Latin | melonem | accusative singular of mēlō |
| 4 | Latin | melopeponem | A type of pumpkin |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλοπέπων | melon, "Cucumis melo" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πέπων | ripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |