The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπέπων“large melon”
- Latin · borrowed frompepō
- English todaypepo
Borrowed from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Doublet of pumpion; compare pumpkin.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.