English

squashberry

From squash + berry.

A compound of squash + berry

Latin ex

Vulgar Latin *excoāctiāre

Old French esquacher

Middle English squachen

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-West Germanic *baʀi

Old English berġe

Middle English berie ‘a berry’

English berry

Today it means

noun A pembina or lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / squashberry