Where does “pomokuko” come from?
pomokuko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pomo, from French pommé, from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, from Latin pōmum, from Latin pōmus, from Proto-Italic poomos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.
pomokuko (Esperanto): apple pie
Definitions
- apple pie
Ancestry of “pomokuko”, step by step
pomokuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto pomo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pomo | apple |
| 2 | French | pommé | past participle of pommer; grown round, or like... |
| 3 | Middle French | pomme | — |
| 4 | Old French | pome | apple |
| 5 | Latin | pōmum | any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.) |
| 6 | Latin | pōmus | fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poomos | fruit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂po-h₁ém-os | taken off |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epo | from, off, back; off, away; off, from |
via Esperanto kuko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kuko | cake |
| 2 | German | küchen | pie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread |
| 3 | Middle High German | kuoche | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kuocho | Alternative spelling of kuohho; cake |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kōkô | cake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |