English
pumpkinification
From pumpkin + -ification: a calque of the Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis) via the Latin apocolocyntosis.
Formed from pumpkin + -ification
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’
English pumpion
English pumpkin
Today it means
noun The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pumpkinification