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After a Captain Shaddock of an East India Company ship introduced it to Barbados, the fruit was called "shaddock" in English.[2][3] From there the name spread to Jamaica in 1696.[4] It remains a common name for the fruit among English authors. The word "pomelo" has become the more common name, although "pomelo" has historically been used for grapefruit. (The 1973 printing of the American Heritage Dictionary, for example, gives grapefruit as the only meaning of "pomelo".) The etymology of the word "pomelo" is complex. In the Tamil language it is called "pampa limāsu", which means big citrus. The name was adopted by the Portuguese as "pomposos limões" and then by the Dutch as "pompelmoes". With some deviations, the name may be found in many European languages, for example, German (Pampelmuse), Latvian (Pampelmūze), Ido (Pompelmuso), whereas some other languages use "pomelo" (Turkish, Norwegian, Polish, Bulgarian). Another origin theory proposes that "pomelo" is an alteration of a compound of English names pome ("apple") + melon.[5] Citrus maxima is native to South-East Asia,[6] where it is known under a wide variety of names. In large parts of South-East Asia, it is a popular dessert, often eaten raw and sprinkled with, or dipped in, a salt mixture. It is eaten in salads and drinks as well.