Etymology

gourd

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Today it means: Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). Full definition →

Middle English gourde ← Anglo-Norman gurde ← Latin cucurbita
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  1. Latin · derived fromcucurbita
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgurde
  3. Middle English · inherited fromgourde
  4. English todaygourd

From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit.

Words from the same roots

Latincucurbita all →

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