The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word Pepõn, which means large melon. It was then nasalized by the French into "pompo”, which the English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion,” and so on until American settlers arrived at the word we use today.
Source: History channel
Pompions eventually evolved into pumpkins and the first known use of the word in literature was in what story?
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