1874: melon Feb 1, 2020

As mentioned the other day 'melon' comes from words meaning 'apple', though obviously not natively. Like with the English 'apple', the Greek 'mēlopepon' (apple-gourd) effectively uses 'apple' to mean 'fruit'; strictly speaking, 'mēlon' means ‘apples’ on its own, hence 'malic' (e.g. malic acid). For the rest of this topic, and how it relates to early agriculture and lewd slang, visit the patreon.