The late Latin word for apple is malum, which corresponds to the Greek melas 
Both words share a common root and can also mean either evil or black.
Thus, the association of apple, malum, with the fruit of evil since late antiquity where it was used to depict the forbidden fruit of knowledge in art and literature.
Both words share a common root and can also mean either evil or black.Thus, the association of apple, malum, with the fruit of evil since late antiquity where it was used to depict the forbidden fruit of knowledge in art and literature.
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