appel

Middle English

/ˈapəl/

noun
Definitions
  • Any sort or variety of fruit or nut.
  • The apple fruit of Malus domestica.
  • A round object of similar size to an apple.
  • A protrusion or projection, especially a round one.
  • (Biblical) The fruit born by the Tree of Knowledge.
  • (rare) Abbotship; abbacy.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English æppel (apple, anything round, fruit in general, pill, any kind of fruit, apple of the eye, bolus, fruit, ball) inherited from *applu inherited from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (apple) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (apple, apple-tree).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ébōl

Gloss

apple, apple-tree

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

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