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Where does “cucumis” come from?

cucumis (Latin) comes from Sumerian 𒄾 — fat-tailed sheep.

cucumis (Latin): Armenian cucumber, snake melon, vegetable melon,...

Definitions

  1. Armenian cucumber, snake melon, vegetable melon,...

Ancestry of “cucumis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sumerian𒄾fat-tailed sheep

Words derived from “cucumis”

  • cucumber
  • cucumbery
  • cucumberlike
  • cucumberless
  • cucumberfish
  • cucumeriformis
  • cucumerarium
  • cucumerinus
  • cogombro
  • cohombro
  • concombre
  • cogombro
  • cogombre amarg
  • cogombre salvatge
  • cogombre
  • cogombrera
  • cogombrar
  • cogombret
  • zeekomkommer
  • komkommertijd
  • komkommer
  • Cucumis
  • cucumber
  • cogombro
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