1875: pumpkin and melon Feb 2, 2020

'Melon' comes from the 'Greek for 'apple', but so does 'pumpkin'. However, while 'mēlon' in Greek could refer to generic fruit—just as apple used to for English— 'mēlopepon' meant 'gourd-apple', and connoted gourds more than fruits. Hence, the Greek 'pepon' ('gourd') led to the English 'pumpkin'. There is an etymological root as well between 'pepon' and 'peptein', meaning 'to cook' but also 'to ripen', with the idea being that the fruit is cooked, or otherwise prepared by the Sun.

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