Etymology

mesple

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Today it means: The sapodilla (fruit). Full definition →

Dutch mispel
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived frommispel“medlar”
  2. English todaymesple

Ultimately from Dutch mispel (“medlar”), probably via Papiamentu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.