Editing Calabash (section)

== Etymology ==
The English word ''calabash'' is loaned from {{Langx|frm|calebasse}}, which in turn derived from {{Langx|es|calabaza}} meaning gourd or pumpkin. The Spanish word is of pre-Roman origin. It comes from the {{Langx|xib|calapaccu}}, from -cal which means house or shell. It is a doublet of [[carapace]] and [[galapago]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYrAAAAIAAJ&q=calappacu+calabaza | title=Romance Philology Volume 13 | date=1960 | accessdate=26 August 2024 | pages=39| publisher=Brepols Publishers }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVtbAAAAcAAJ&q=calappacu+calabaza | title=Del origen y principio de la lengua castellana ò romance que oi se usa en España ideas lingüísticas de Aldrete · Volume 2 | date=1975 | accessdate=26 August 2024 | pages=345| publisher=Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://etimologias.dechile.net/?calabaza | title=calabaza | publisher=Etimologías de Chile | accessdate=26 August 2024}}</ref> The English word is cognate with {{Langx|ca|carabassa}} ("pumpkin; orange colour"), {{Langx|gl|cabaza}} ("gourd, pumpkin, squash; calabash (container)"), {{Langx|oc|calebasso}}, {{Lang|oc|carabasso}}, {{Lang|oc|carbasso}}, {{Langx|pt|cabaça}} ("gourd; calabash (container)") and {{Langx|scn|caravazza}} (and {{Lang|scn|caramazza}}).{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}