Where does “pastèque” come from?
pastèque (French) comes from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِيخَة — watermelon.
pastèque (French): watermelon; boob
Ancestry of “pastèque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pateca | watermelon |
| 2 | Arabic | بَطِيخَة | watermelon |