Where does “Honigmelone” come from?
Honigmelone (German) comes from German Melone, from Italian melone, from Middle French melon, from Old French melon, from Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων, from Ancient Greek πέπων.
Honigmelone (German): honeydew melon
Definitions
- honeydew melon
Ancestry of “Honigmelone”, step by step
Honigmelone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Melone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Melone | melon plant, fruit |
| 2 | Italian | melone | melon, musk melon |
| 3 | Middle French | melon | — |
| 4 | Old French | melon | melon (fruit) |
| 5 | Latin | melonem | accusative singular of mēlō |
| 6 | Latin | melopeponem | A type of pumpkin |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μηλοπέπων | melon, "Cucumis melo" |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πέπων | ripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |