English
mamey
Mamey comes from Spanish mamey ‘the mamey or mammee apple, Mammea americana’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentmamey‘the mamey or mammee apple, Mammea americana’
- Englishearliest quotation 2020same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentmamey‘the mamey or mammee apple, Mammea americana’
- Englishearliest quotation 2020same form
Earliest quotation: 2020, Palisa Anderson: “So there are black and white sapotes (no relation),…”
Every English word from Spanish mamey
Today it means
noun An evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish mamey / mamey