Where does “pepo” come from?

pepo (English) comes from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

pepo (English): A fruit of plants of the gourd family...

Definitions

A fruit of plants of the gourd family...

Ancestry of “pepo”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	pepō	melon (picked ripe)
2	Ancient Greek	πέπων	ripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly
3	Proto-Indo-European	pékʷeti	to be cooking; to ripen
4	Proto-Indo-European	pekʷ-	to cook; to ripen
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₃-ép-kʷ-	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti →