melon
Pronunciation: /məˈlon/
“melon” is an Indonesian word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- muskmelon; cantaloupe (Cucumis melo subsp. melo)
Etymology
Borrowed from English melon or Dialectical Dutch melone (compare Middle Dutch melone, whence Standard Dutch meloen), both from Middle French meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). Displaced earlier melun, which was borrowed from Dutch…
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