English
lucmo
Lucmo comes from Spanish lúcuma ‘lucmo (fruit)’, and goes back to Quechua rukma.
- Quechuamodernrukma
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlúcuma‘lucmo (fruit)’
- Englishtodaylucmo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Quechuamodernrukma
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlúcuma‘lucmo (fruit)’
- Englishtodaylucmo
Every English word from Quechua rukma
Today it means
noun A fruit tree, Lucuma bifera, from the Andean region of Peru, related to, and often confused with, the canistel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Quechua rukma / lucmo