Etymology

love apple

Today it means: Synonym of tomato. Full definition →

First used 1785Italian pomo d'oro ← French pomme d'amour
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The story

  1. French · derived frompomme d'amour
  2. Italian · calque ofpomo d'oro“tomato”
  3. English todaylove apple

Calque of Italian pomo d'oro (“tomato”, literally “golden apple”), confusing d’oro (“golden”) with d’amore (“love”), or from French pomme d'amour, equivalent to love + apple.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1785 Synonym of tomato.

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