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Where does “curcubetă” come from?

curcubetă (Romanian) comes from Latin cucurbita — gourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt.

curcubetă (Romanian): pumpkin, gourd; head, noddle

Definitions

  1. pumpkin, gourd; head, noddle

Ancestry of “curcubetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt
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