Where does “calabash” come from?

Calabash comes from French calebasse, from Spanish calabaza, from undetermined calapacceu.

calabash (English): A tree native to Central and South America, the...

Definitions

  1. A tree native to Central and South America, the...

Ancestry of “calabash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcalebassecalabash; gourd; pumpkin
2Spanishcalabazapumpkin, Cucurbita pepo; gourd, pumpkin; cep,...
3Iberiancalapacceu—
Every word from Iberian calapacceu →Every word from Spanish calabaza →Every word from French calebasse →