πέπων
Ancient Greek
adj-3rd
Definitions
- ripe, softened of fruit
- (figurative) good, sweet, kind when addressing a person
- (figurative) weak, cowardly
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷonts, *pékʷeti (ripening, cooking).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pékʷonts, *pékʷeti
Gloss
ripening, cooking
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -kin English
- concoction English
- kitchenette English
- pepo English
- precocious English
- precociousness English
- (persicum, persica) praecocia Latin
- coctilis Latin
- cocus Latin
- concoctiō Latin
- coquina Latin
- coquus Latin
- coquīna Latin
- coquō Latin
- coquō, coquo, coquere Latin
- culīna Latin
- culīnārius Latin
- decoctiō Latin
- decoquō Latin
- melo Latin
- melopeponem Latin
- mēlopepō Latin
- pepo Latin
- peponem, pepo Latin
- pepō Latin
- pepō, peponem, pepo Latin
- recoctus, recocta Latin
- popone Italian
- terra Italian
- charcuterie French
- haute French
- précocité French
- pepino Spanish, Castilian
- δύσπεπτος Ancient Greek
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- πέψις Ancient Greek
- *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pékʷ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *pékʷonts, *pékʷeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kukōną Proto-Germanic
- पाचयति Sanskrit
- *pekti Proto-Slavic
- *peťi Proto-Slavic
- *potъ Proto-Slavic
- bescuit Old French
- pepene Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- пухтан Persian
- پختن Persian
- πεπόνι Greek (modern)
- pjepër Albanian
- pompon Middle French
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- *kʷokʷo- Proto-Celtic
- *kʷoxtos Proto-Celtic
- *pač- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- peapini Aromanian
- piponj Aromanian
- *kʷekʷō Proto-Italic
- kepti Lithuanian
- pepón Old Spanish
- πεπόνιον gkm
- מלפפון Aramaic
- päk- Tocharian B
- pewtene Zazaki
- päk- Tocharian A