pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin! don’t you just love that word...p-u-m-p-k-i-n...it sounds exactly how a pumpkin looks. that round ‘puuuump” echoing the rotund shape, then that sassy “kiiin” acting as the stem of the word. Did you know the word “Pumpkin” comes from the greek word “pepon” meaning large melon? So they are classical, which is why we had a pumpkin decorating day! We each brought our own orange gourd and transmogrified them into roman senators, generals, and gods with sheets and construction paper.