Where does “jargonelle” come from?
jargonelle (English) comes from French jargonelle, from French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Arabic زَرْقُون, from Pahlavi zlgwn', from Proto-Iranian jr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃enyom — to flourish; green, yellow.
jargonelle (English): A variety of pear
Ancestry of “jargonelle”, step by step