Pome
/poʊm/noun
A fruit with a firm core, such as an apple or pear.
Did you know?Pome comes through French and Latin from the Latin *pomum*, meaning “fruit” or “apple,” a root that also fed into old poetic language for orchard fruits in general.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₂-
“to be fat, swell”
Latin
Latin
pomum
“fruit, apple”
Old French
OF
pome
“apple, fruit”
Middle English
English
pome
“apple; fruit with a core”
Modern English
English
pome
“a fleshy fruit with a central core, especially an apple or pear”
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