Etymology

pomme

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Today it means: A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple. Full definition →

French pomme ← Latin poma
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompoma
  2. French · borrowed frompomme“apple”
  3. English todaypomme

Borrowed from French pomme (“apple”), ultimately from Latin poma. Doublet of pome.

Words from the same roots

Frenchpomme all →

pommee

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.