Etymograph

English

pome

Pome comes from Old French pome ‘apple’, from Latin pōmum ‘any type of fruit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂po-h₁ém-osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*poomos‘fruit’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōmum‘any type of fruit’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pome‘apple’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘fruit, meatball’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂po-h₁ém-osreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*poomos‘fruit’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōmum‘any type of fruit’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pome‘apple’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘fruit, meatball’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

The story

For the verb, compare French pommer.

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

premium, consumer, assume, assumption, redemption, resume, exempt, consume, redeem, ransom, sumptuous, résumé, consumable, preemption, emptor, overconsumption, 57 more

through Latin pōmum ‘any type of fruit’

pomade, pommel, 7 more

Today it means

noun A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / pome

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