marmelo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɛlo̝/

Noun

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (fruit)

Related terms

• marmelada
• marmeleiro

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marmelleyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marmelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

marmelo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Galician marmelo and Spanish membrillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈmɛlu/

Noun

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (tree or fruit)

Derived terms

• marmeleiro
• marmelada

Further reading

• Marmeleiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt