myEtymology.com: English etymology of cucumber

Etymology of the English word cucumber

the English word cucumber

derived from the Old French word coucombre

derived from the Latin word cucumis (cucumber; cucumber; kind of marine animal)

derived from the Latin word cucumerus

The earliest known usage of cucumber in English dates from the 14th century.

Dutch komkommer, French concombre, German Kukumer, Italian cocomero, Provençal cogombre

Word found in Modern English