peach

peach · noun, adjective¹

1. Latinpersicus
2. Latinpersicum
3. Late Latinpersica
4. Vulgar Latin*pessica
5. Old Frenchpesche
6. Middle Englishpeche
7. English todaypeach

From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above.

peach · verb²

1. Late Latin · derived fromimpedicō“entangle”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromanpecher
3. Middle English · inherited frompechen
4. English todaypeach

From Middle English pechen, from apechen (“to accuse”) and empechen (“to accuse”), possibly from Anglo-Norman anpecher, from Late Latin impedicō (“entangle”). See impeach.

Peach · noun, proper noun³

1. French · derived frompéché“sin”
2. English todayPeach

* As an English surname, from French péché (“sin”). Compare Peachey, Petch. * As a German surname, Americanized from Pietsch.

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