English
pumpkiny
From pumpkin + -y.
Formed from pumpkin + -y
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- ‘to crack, crush (foodstuff), pulverize (grain)’
English pumpion
English pumpkin
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of pumpkin.
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Etymograph / pumpkiny