The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχοᾰ́νη“funnel”
- New Latin · borrowed fromchoana
- English todaychoana
Borrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.