The story
- Latin · derived frompōmum
- Old French · derived frompome“apple”
- Middle English · inherited frompome“fruit, meatball”
- English todaypome
From Middle English pome (“fruit, meatball”), from Old French pome (“apple”), from Latin pōmum. For the verb, compare French pommer. Doublet of pomme.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.