Peach

What does it mean to be impeached? Does this mean someone comes and takes away your peaches?! What’s the difference between peach and impeach?
 
In brief, the peach has its origins in ancient words for Persia. The peach tree, native to China, came to Europe via Persia and ancient Greece. The Greek phrase for peach, persikon malon (Persian apple), is from Persis, the Greek word for Persia. The Latin phrase for peach, from Greek, is malum persicum which also means Persian apple.
 
The word peche or peoche (peach; the fleshy fruit of the peach tree) came to English around 1400 from Old French pesche and Latin pesca, pessica, and persica, all variations of malum persicum. Old English also had a word for peach--persoe—which came directly from Latin.
 
For centuries, Persia has been the name given by Europeans to Iran, a traditional name by which Iranians now call their country. Historically, the dynasties of the ancient Persian Empire and Iran evolved and changed over the centuries in much the same way that China and its various dynasties evolved and changed over the centuries.
 
What is the connection between peach and impeach? There isn’t one. The word impeach has nothing in common with the word peach. Impeach comes from ancient words meaning to impede (i.e., putting your foot in the way of something). Impede comes from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root ped (foot; e.g., pedestrian). Briefly, perhaps, to impeach, is to ‘put your foot down’.
 
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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