μούσμουλο

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μούσπουλον (moúspoulon), from μέσπουλον (méspoulon), from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).

Noun

μούσμουλο (moúsmoulon (plural μούσμουλα)

  1. loquat (fruit)

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References

  • Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 51–52
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 246
  • Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 254

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