Where does “zucca” come from?

zucca (Italian) comes from Latin cucutia, from Latin cucurbita — gourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt.

zucca (Italian): pumpkin; marrow; squash

Definitions

  1. pumpkin; marrow; squash

Ancestry of “zucca”, step by step

zucca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cucutia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincucutia—
2Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt

via Late Latin cucutia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincucutia—

Words derived from “zucca”

Every word from Latin cucurbita →