Where does “cucuzza” come from?

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

cucuzza (Sicilian): marrow; pumpkin; "Cucurbita maxima"

Definitions

  1. marrow; pumpkin; "Cucurbita maxima"

Ancestry of “cucuzza”, step by step

cucuzza 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 “cucuzza”

Every word from Latin cucurbita →Every word from Latin cucutia →