where does the english word apple come from?

Answer 1

apple derives from the Old.English. æppel "apple," from Old.Norse. eple, but the exact relation and original sense of these is uncertain. Greek. melon and Latin. malum are probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean language. A generic term for all fruit, other than berries but including nuts, as late as 17c., hence its use for the unnamed "fruit of the forbidden tree" in Genesis. Cucumbers, in one O.E. work, are eorþæppla, lit. "earth-apples" (cf. Fr. pomme de terre "potato," lit. "earth-apple;" see also melon). Fr. pomme is from L. pomum "fruit."

Answer 2

According to the Oxford English Dictionary:

The round firm fleshy fruit of a Rosaceous tree (Pyrus Malus) found wild, as the crab-apple, in Europe and the Caucasus, and cultivated in innumerable varieties all over the two temperate zones.

The earliest mention of it is:
c885 K. ÆLFRED Gregory's Past. xv. 94 a readan apla [v.r. appla, L. poma granata] onemang æm bellum.

Enquire Librarian

Got a Question? Ask a Librarian at www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk

Answer 3

Main Entry: ap·ple
Pronunciation: 'a-p&l
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English appel, from Old English æppel; akin to Old High German apful apple, Old Irish ubull, Old Church Slavic abluko
1 : the fleshy usually rounded red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family; also : an apple tree -- compare CRAB APPLE
2 : a fruit (as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (as an oak apple) suggestive of an apple
- apple of one's eye : one that is highly cherished

Answer 4

English is a Germanic language. The german word for apple is "Apfel".

Answer 5

It comes from the anglo-saxon word æppel.

Answer 6

fruit. that is the apple

Answer 7

Not sure but it's cognate with American word "apple"

Answer 8

Google it ,, your asking people not many people arent going to know... computer will.

Answer 9

from its tree