Where does “zuccaio” come from?

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

zuccaio (Italian): pumpkin / squash field / patch

Definitions

  1. pumpkin / squash field / patch

Ancestry of “zuccaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianzuccapumpkin; marrow; squash
2Latincucutia—
3Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt
Every word from Latin cucurbita →Every word from Latin cucutia →Every word from Italian zucca →