OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”), from *h₂epo (“off”) (whence po-) + *h₁em- (“take”) (whence emō). Compare the same semantic development in Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).
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Formaepōmus(canonical, feminine) · pōmī(genitive) · pōmus(nominative, singular) · pōmī(nominative, plural) · pōmī(genitive, singular) · pōmōrum(genitive, plural) · pōmō(dative, singular) · pōmīs(dative, plural) · pōmum(accusative, singular) · pōmōs(accusative, plural) · pōmō(ablative, singular) · pōmīs(ablative, plural) · pōme(singular, vocative) · pōmī(plural, vocative)