melongene

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromवातिगगम“eggplant”
2. Classical Persian · derived fromبادنگان
3. Arabic · derived fromاَلْبَاذِنْجَان“eggplant”
4. Greek · derived fromμελιτζάνα
5. Italian · derived frommelanzana
6. Medieval Latin · derived frommelongena
7. French · borrowed frommélongène
8. English todaymelongene

Borrowed from French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنگان (bādingān), from باتنگان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of aubergine, brinjal, and malidzano.

Words from the same roots