Origin of quince
Middle English qwince, origin, originally plural of quyn from Old French cooin from Vulgar Latin an unverified form cotoneum, for Classical Latin cydonium from Classical Greek kyd?nion (m?lon), Cydonian (apple) from Kyd?nia, Cydonia, town on northern coast of Crete
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Origin of quince
Middle English quynce pl. of quyn quince from Old French cooin from Latin cotōneum (mālum) quince (fruit) probably variant of cydōnium from Greek dialectal kudōnion (mālon) alteration ( influenced by Kudōniā , Cydonia, an ancient city of northwest Crete ) of kodumālonquince
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From Old French cooing (modern coing), from Late Latin cotÅneum < mÄlum cotÅneum, a variant of mÄlum Cydonium (“Cydonian apple"), translating Ancient Greek μήλον κυδώνιον (melon kudonion).
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