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pampelmoesn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Etymons: French pompelmoes; Dutch pampelmoes. Etymology: < French †pompelmoes, †pompelmous, †pampelmous, pamplemousse (1665) and its etymon Dutch †pampelmoes, pompelmoes (1648), probably < either pompel- thick (in pompelbeen swollen legs, elephantiasis (although this is apparently first attested later: 1676)) or pompoen pumpkin (1599; < French pompon a kind of pumpkin or melon: see pompion n. and compare sense 1b at that entry) + Portuguese limões , plural of limão lemon (see lemon n.1).The β. forms apparently show remodelling after nose n. The forms pampelmoes , pamplemoes , pompelmoes (see α and δ forms) in later use are after Afrikaans pompelmoes , pampelmoes . There is no native name in Indonesia or Malaysia resembling pompelmoes ; the Javanese name is jeruk , the Chinese yòu . Old Javanese limus (formerly written limoes ), possibly denoting this fruit, is borrowed from Portuguese limões , but there is no reason to suppose that the second element of the compound came from Old Javanese rather than directly from Portuguese. Similarly the speculation in quot. 1913 at α. is without support in Malay. Tamil pampaḷimācu is < Dutch or French; the fruit is not native to India.1671 J. Ogilby tr. O. Dapper et al. Atlas Chinensis 689 The Province of Quantung produces a Fruit, by the Chineses call'd Yencu; by the Portuguese, Jambos..; by the Turks, Almat; and by the Hollanders, Pampelmoes. [Side note] Fruit Jamboes, or Pampelmoes. Linschot.1676 W. Schouten Oost-Indische Voy. iii. 165 De Vrucht by de Nederlanders Pompelmoes en by de Portugesen Jamboa genoemt. Now chiefly South African. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > pomelo the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > pampelmouse or pomelo the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > other citrus trees α. 1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte 101 Lemons, Citrons, and what the Indians call Pampelimouses_ [Fr. pampelimouses], are very common there. 1796 tr. F. Le Vaillant I. 40 The canton of the Twenty-four Rivers is the Eden of Africa, where we walk through groves of pampelmoes. 1810 M. Graham (1813) 96 The fruits are..the pamplemousse or shaddock, the plantain, and the orange. 1843 J. C. Chase 152 We have the fruits of the warmer climates in great perfection; Chinese and Seville oranges, lemons, pamplemousses, shaddocks, limes and citrons, [etc.]. 1913 W. W. Thompson 59 Surely it was a Malay who named the pampelmoes, the mottled hues of whose sides bear a strong likeness to the rind of the melon beloved by the fraternity. 1955 1 Aug. 8/6 The head waiter will be in tails and the menu will start with pamplemousse. 1971 A. Scholefield 128 The garden was a dusty waste, the only green thing in it a pampelmoes tree that shaded one wall of the house. 1987 Z. Gilbert & J. Hadfield 38 Citrus maxima (the shaddock or pampelmoes). Sometimes known as ‘kinderkop’ here because of the huge lemon-coloured fruits with thick smooth rind and coarse pink flesh. Excellent for marmalade. 1992 (Nexis) 6 Mar. d9 Over the pamplemousse at Le Cirque, the three decide to form The First Wives Club. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1697 |
