Etymology

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Today it means: The apple pear, Pyrus pyrifolia, sometimes known as the Chinese pear. Full definition →

English apple ← Middle English appel ← Old English æppel
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latinpira
  2. Proto-West Germanic*peru
  3. Old Englishpere
  4. Middle Englishpere
  5. Englishpear
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ébōl
  7. Proto-Germanic*aplaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*applu
  9. Old Englishæppel
  10. Middle Englishappel
  11. Englishapple
  12. English todaypapple

Blend of pear + apple.

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