Etymology

concha

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Today it means: Any shell-shaped structure Full definition →

Late Latin concha
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  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromconcha“a mussel shell”
  2. English todayconcha

Borrowed from Late Latin concha (“a mussel shell”). Doublet of conch.

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