Where does “melokoton” come from?
melokoton (Tagalog) comes from English melocoton, 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.
melokoton (Tagalog): peach
Ancestry of “melokoton”, step by step