Where does “pineapple” come from?
Pineapple comes from Middle English pinappel, a compound of pine and appel referring to the tropical fruit's resemblance to a pinecone.
pineapple (English): A tropical plant, "Ananas comosus", native to...
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- A tropical plant, "Ananas comosus", native to...
Ancestry of “pineapple”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pinappel | pinecone |
| 2 | Latin | pinnāculum | a peak, pinnacle |
| 3 | Latin | Pinna | A city of the Vestini situated on the eastern slope of the Apennines, now the town of Penne |
| 4 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |