Word Origin Summary

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

Ancestry Chain

1. لیموFASderived from
2. limãoPortuguesederived from
3. s limõesPortuguesederived from
4. لَيْمُونAndalusian Arabicderived from
5. لَيْمُونArabicderived from
6. pompelmoesDutchborrowed from

Descendants and Related Terms

• pampëlëmuus

  Wolof · borrowed from

• Pampelmuse

  German · derived from

• pampelmoes

  English · borrowed from

• panplemous

  Seychellois Creole · derived from

• pamplemus

  Mauritian Creole · derived from

• pampelmuso

  Esperanto · borrowed from

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