For etymology fanatics, I thought I’d start a page. This is one interpretation of the meaning, there could be many. Most intepretations are from latin, but some from other languages.
Malus - “Apple” but homonym with “Evil”, may be named with hint at original sin
- Domestica - Domestic Apple
- Sylvestris - Forest Apple
Pyrus - “Pear”
- Communis - “Common Pear”
- Pyrifolia - “Pear-leaf Pear”
- Betulifolia - “Birch-leaf Pear”
- Calleryana - “Joseph-Marie Callery’s Pear”
- Ussuriensis - Ussuri River Pear
Prunus - “Plum”
- Avium - “Bird Plum”
- Cerasus - “Cherry Plum”
- Armenica - “Armenian Plum”
- Dulcis - “Sweet Plum” - may be referring to fragrance of almond flowers, not the fruit itself
- Persica - “Persian Plum”
- Salicina - “Willow Plum”
- Mume - “Plum Plum”
Diospyros - lit. “Zeus’s Wheat” or “Divine Fruit” (gr)
- Virginiana - Virginian Divine Fruit
- Kaki - Persimmon Divine Fruit (jp)
- Lotus - Lotus Divine Fruit (gr)