cucumiform

Etymology

First attested in a glossary in 1826, in a fragment in 1838, and in a grammatical sentence in 1892. It was formed by adding the English -form to cucumi-, the short i-stem of the Latin cucumis ("cucumber"); compare the earlier New Latin cucumeriformis (1703) and cucumiformis (1791), and French cucumeriforme (1777) and cucumiforme (1804).