Pomme
/pɔm/noun
A French word for an apple.
Did you know?French pomme comes from Latin pomum, originally meaning any fruit, and it shares a deep ancient root with words for fruit and orchard across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peh₂-
“to ripen, come to fruition”
Latin
Latin
pomum
“fruit, especially an apple or tree fruit”
Late Latin
Latin
poma
“fruits”
Old French
Old French
pome
“apple; fruit”
Modern French
French
pomme
“apple”
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