Where does “gourde” come from?

gourde (French) comes from Spanish gordo, from Old Spanish gordo, from Latin gurdus, from Proto-Italic gʷord-o-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷr̥dus.

gourde (French): gourd; water bottle; flask; canteen; clot, dope;...

Definitions

  1. gourd; water bottle; flask; canteen; clot, dope;...

Ancestry of “gourde”, step by step

gourde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish gordo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgordofat; coarse; fat man
2Old Spanishgordo
3Latingurdusa dolt, jolterhead, numbskull, blockhead,...
4Proto-Italicgʷord-o-stubborn, heavy
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷr̥dus

via Old French coorde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoorde
2Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt

Words derived from “gourde

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷr̥dusEvery word from Proto-Italic gʷord-o-Every word from Latin gurdus