pepo
English
/ˈpiː.pəʊ/, /ˈpi.poʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
- A plant producing such a fruit.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pepō (pepon) 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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -kin English
- pepo Latin
- peponem, pepo Latin
- pepō Latin
- pepō, peponem, pepo Latin
- popone Italian
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- πέπων Ancient Greek
- *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pékʷonts, *pékʷeti Proto-Indo-European
- pompon Middle French
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- πεπόνιον gkm
- מלפפון Aramaic