The story
- Latin · derived frompepō, peponis“large melon”
- Italian · derived frompopone“melon”
- Middle French · derived frompompon“melon, cucumber”
- English todaypumpion
From Middle French pompon (“melon, cucumber”), from Italian popone (“melon”) (chiefly Tuscan dialect), from Latin pepō, peponis (“large melon”). Doublet of pepo.
Words from the same roots
Middle Frenchpompon all →
pumpkin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.