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Persimmon

2 stages from Powhatan to English.

Today it means a sweet, orange fruit that must ripen fully before eating
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Stage 1 of 2
pasiminan
Powhatan · pre-1600s
"a dried fruit"
literally "a dried fruit"
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Stage 2 of 2
persimmon
English · 1600s
"a sweet, orange fruit"
adopted by English colonists in Virginia
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