noun
Origin: altered (infl. by -kin) < pumpion < MFr pompon < L pepo < Gr pepōn, lit., cooked by the sun, ripe (hence a gourd not eaten until ripe), akin to peptein: see pepsin
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Alteration (influenced by -kin)
Origin: of obsolete pumpion
Origin: , from obsolete French pompon, popon
Origin: , from Old French pepon
Origin: , from Late Latin pepōn
Origin: , from Latin, watermelon or gourd
Origin: , from Greek, ripe, large melon; see pekw- in Indo-European roots
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