2006-09-03 23:29:53 · 18 answers · asked by KT 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The Latin name is Cucumis and it's part of the the cucurbit family. I guess the word Cucumber quite naturally evolved from the Latin.
2006-09-03 23:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by uknative 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually the name comes from the Latin name for the family they are in (vine plants) which is "curcubitaceae."
You can call them pepinos (Spanish) or concombres (French) if you find "cucumber" boring. Why not, indeed? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (Shakespeare).
2006-09-04 06:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the family CUCUMIS SATIVAS or C. VULGARIS the long version was classified in the 16th century as cucumbe. No idea when the 'R' was added.
2006-09-07 11:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by brycol666 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cucumbers are cucumbers and will be cucumbers forever.
2006-09-04 06:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coz they are called cucumbers? lol
2006-09-04 06:31:55 · answer #5 · answered by F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called a cucumber because 'they' needed to fill in the gap between cuckoo-wasp and cucurbit,in the dictionary.
2006-09-04 06:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by simon a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aren't they called concombre in Spanish or French? Probably something to do with that. The latin name is Cucumis sativus.
2006-09-04 06:45:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because if they werent called cucumbers, they'd be called something else
2006-09-04 06:32:25 · answer #8 · answered by SunnyDays 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They tried for Acumbers, Bcumbers, Ccumbers, all the way up to Pcumbers.
Finally they hit it at Qcumbers.
2006-09-04 06:42:36 · answer #9 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because wiener was already taken by Oscar Myer Corp.
2006-09-04 06:35:43 · answer #10 · answered by The Magic 8 Ball of Truth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋