Cantaloupe
-
- Lexiterian
- Posts: 101
- Joined: Tue May 05, 2020 8:53 am
Cantaloupe
I don’t know if fruit names are considered good words, but after watching a segment on You Tube, I just had to submit this word. My rudimentary Latin confirms that sing and wolf are root words for this fruit, which is so named, allegedly, because the hill town of Cantaloupe in Italy at one time, legend tells us, was inhabitanted by a singing wolf.
-
- Grand Panjandrum
- Posts: 1149
- Joined: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:21 am
- Location: Melbourne
Re: Cantaloupe
Does this mean that cantaloupes come from Cantaloupe? If so then my pronunciation of the fruit has been wrong for 70-odd years.
Return to “Good Word Suggestions”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests