Hyphenation
po·madePronunciation
Etymology
[ pO-'mAd, -'mäd ] (noun.) 1562. French pommade (“ointment”), from Italian pomata, from pomo (“apple”), as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata (“(collective)”) (English -ade). Pomo is in turn from Latin pomum.“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001