Where Does Pompion Come from?
Even the Word Pumpkin Is Said to Come from the French Word Pompion Which Came from the Greek Pepon, Meaning Melon. Recipe for French Style Pumpkin Pie. What...
Even the word pumpkin is said to come from the French word pompion which came from the Greek pepon, meaning melon. Recipe for French style pumpkin pie.
What language is Pompion from?
They are named from the French term pompion, which means they are eaten when "cooked by the sun" (or ripe). The French pronounced it as pompon, the English changed this to pompion (the word is used by Shakespeare in his Merry Wives of Windsor) and the American colonists converted this to pumpkin.
What does Pompion mean?
1 chiefly dialectal : pumpkin. 2 obsolete : a corpulent oaf.
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