Where does “curcubetușă” come from?

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

curcubetușă (Romanian): bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

Definitions

  1. bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

Ancestry of “curcubetușă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancurcubetăpumpkin, gourd; head, noddle
2Latincucurbitagourd, cucurbit, including watermelon; dolt
Every word from Latin cucurbita
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