ProbableNamed for a product of the place
cantaloupe
noun · first attested 18th century
The melon is named for a papal estate in the Sabine hills.
A muskmelon with netted skin and orange flesh.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Cantalupo
- In English
cantaloupe
The fruit is usually linked to Cantalupo, a papal estate near Rome where the melon was grown after arriving from Armenia. The estate name, not the plant’s wild home, became the English word.
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