Wordwyrt

pommel

/ˈpɒməl/PO-muhl
/ˈpɑməl/PAH-muhl

Meaningapple

Common meaning: rounded knob on a sword or saddle

Journey through time

  1. Latinpomum‘apple’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsapple → small rounded knobpomel‘small rounded knob’source
  3. Englishpommel‘rounded knob on a sword or saddle’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pomum ‘apple’.

Roots

  • pomum Latin “an apple”

Related words

pomade

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app