Where does “love apple” come from?
love apple (English) comes from Italian pomo d'oro, from Italian pomodoro, from Italian oro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō, from Latin avidus.
love apple (English): Synonym of tomato
Definitions
- Synonym of tomato
Ancestry of “love apple”, step by step
love apple traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian pomo d'oro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pomo d'oro | Archaic form of pomodoro |
| 2 | Italian | pomodoro | tomato |
| 3 | Italian | oro | gold; gold, gold medal; or |
| 4 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 5 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 7 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 8 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 9 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via French pomme d'amour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pomme d'amour | toffee apple, candy apple |