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Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go! 

Cucumis anguria, is the official name of small cucumbers. In medieval Greek it was called 'ανγκούριον' (angurion) , meaning 'immature', 'not ripe'. The Dutch turned it into an 'agurk' or 'gurk' and pickled it. In the 17th century it came to England and in the 1800's an 'h' was added in an attempt to keep the original pronunciation.  ΑΝΓΚΟΥΡΙΟΝ/GHERKIN

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