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Where does “melocoton” come from?

melocoton (English) comes from Spanish melocotón, from Latin mālum cotōnĭum, from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.

melocoton (English): A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the...

Definitions

  1. A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the...

Ancestry of “melocoton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmelocotónpeach
2Latinmālum cotōnĭum—
3Ancient Greekμηλοκυδώνιονquince
4Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
5Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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