Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-03-17 | Page 12 | Where Did You Get That Word?

I I WHERE DID YOU GET THAT Tt WORD Cucumber The word cucumber do doss does s not look hook lookas as IlS It were of classic origin And yet it Is Its original ancestor once removed Is the tho Latin of which the accusative form is cu r In all aU the es languages except except except ex ex- ex- ex the Slavic the same wor word slightly varied in form 1 Is used to designate the excellent vegetable Western Europe probably adopted the tho Latin word because it was the omans who in their travels of conquest from tho the boot of Italy to tc tho the British Isles Introduced the vegetable le on their conquering way I a The cucumber Is still stin highly popular popular pop pop- ular in Italy where It is served pop pop-I in highly enticing ways ii