Where does “courge” come from?

courge (French) comes from Old French cohourge, from Latin cucurbita — gourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt.

courge (French): marrow (UK; vegetable), vegetable marrow (UK), marrow squash (US)

Definitions

  1. marrow (UK; vegetable), vegetable marrow (UK), marrow squash (US)

Ancestry of “courge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcohourge—
2Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt

Words derived from “courge”

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