Where does “courgeron” come from?

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

courgeron (French): acorn squash

Definitions

  1. acorn squash

Ancestry of “courgeron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcourgemarrow (UK; vegetable), vegetable marrow (UK), marrow squash (US)
2Old Frenchcohourge—
3Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt
Every word from Latin cucurbita →
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