pepino
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
- The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh; cucumber.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian pepino (cucumber) derived from Latin pepo derived from Ancient Greek πέπων (ripe, large melon, cooked by the sun, ripe cucumber, mellow).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέπων
Gloss
ripe, large melon, cooked by the sun, ripe cucumber, mellow
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pepo Latin
- peponem, pepo Latin
- pepō Latin
- pepō, peponem, pepo Latin
- pepinillo Spanish, Castilian
- pepino Spanish, Castilian
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- πέπων Ancient Greek
- *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pékʷonts, *pékʷeti Proto-Indo-European
- pepino Portuguese
- pipino Tagalog
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- pepón Old Spanish
- πεπόνιον gkm
- מלפפון Aramaic