Where does “cacombra” come from?

cacombra (Spanish) comes from English cucumber, from Middle English cucumer, from Old French cocombre, from Latin cucumis, from Sumerian 𒄾 — fat-tailed sheep.

cacombra (Spanish): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “cacombra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcucumberA vine in the gourd family, "Cucumis sativus";...
2Middle Englishcucumercucumber plant or vegetable
3Old Frenchcocombrecucumber
4LatincucumisArmenian cucumber, snake melon, vegetable melon,...
5Sumerian𒄾fat-tailed sheep
Every word from Sumerian 𒄾
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