Where does “kukamba” come from?

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

kukamba (Tok Pisin): cucumber

Definitions

  1. cucumber

Ancestry of “kukamba”, 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 →Every word from Latin cucumis →Every word from Old French cocombre →