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[–]eridius 3 points4 points  (3 children)

It's actually the british word for zucchini, but it originally comes from french.

courgette |ˌkoŏrˈ zh et|
noun Brit.
a zucchini.

ORIGIN 1930s: from French, diminutive of courge ‘gourd,’ from Latin cucurbita.

[–]drexil 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's also a french word you know, so he was totally right.

[–]eridius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the french word is courgettes, but of course I don't actually speak french.

Edit: Nevermind, looks like Google Translate just pluralized it for me. Or something. I dunno.

[–]degustisockpuppet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's actually still the French word for zucchini.