Etymology

concho

C3O1N1C3H4O1

Today it means: A silver ornament either stamped with a design or inlaid with a stone. Full definition →

Spanish concha ← Old Spanish concha ← Latin conchula
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  1. Ancient Greekκόγχη (kónkhē)
  2. Latinconcha
  3. Latinconchula
  4. Old Spanishconcha
  5. Spanishconcha
  6. English todayconcho

Borrowed from Spanish concha (“shell”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.