Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
peach
noun · first attested Middle English
The fruit is a Persian apple in old botanical Latin.
A sweet drupe with fuzzy skin, or the tree that bears it.
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- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- Middle English
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Persia
- Step 2
malum persicum
- In English
peach
Latin malum persicum means “Persian apple.” The peach reached the Mediterranean from farther east, but European naming pinned it to Persia. English peach is that place-name, worn smooth.
Iran
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