Etymograph

English

jackfruit

Jackfruit comes from English jack, and goes back to Tamil சக்கை.

  1. Tamilmodernசக்கைcakkai
  2. Malayalammodernചക്കcakka
  3. Portuguesec. 1500–presentjaca
  4. English1500–presentjack
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1882jackfruit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Tamilmodernசக்கைcakkai
  2. Malayalammodernചക്കcakka
  3. Portuguesec. 1500–presentjaca
  4. English1500–presentjack
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1882jackfruit

Earliest quotation: 1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong: “On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home,…”

Linked words

through English jack

jock, jackpot

Today it means

noun A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tamil சக்கை / jackfruit

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