melopepon

• But when they added their word meaning "ripe" on the end making melopepon, it then became what we would call a melon. —  podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history
• In truth some people say that melopepon didn't mean "ripe apple," but instead meant "apple gourd," but it doesn't much matter. —  podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history
• To take a few other examples, we have our English custard apple; the pomegranate, from old French pomme granate, a "seed apple"; the melon, from ancient Greek melopepon, a "gourd apple"; Dutch aardappel and French pomme de terre, an "earth apple" - that is, the potato - and Yiddish pomerantz, an orange, the first syllable of which is the French pomme, too.)

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