Word Origin Summary

لَيْمُون is attested in Andalusian Arabic. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• pamplemousse

  French · borrowed from

• pompelmo

  Italian · borrowed from

• Pampelmuse

  German · derived from

• pampelmoes

  English · derived from

• limão

  Portuguese · derived from

• ลีเมา

  Urak Lawoi' · derived from

• pomelo

  Spanish · derived from

• limau

  Swahili · borrowed from

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