The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκογχίον
- Latin · borrowed fromcongius
- English todaycongius
From Latin congius, from Ancient Greek κογχίον (konkhíon), from κόγχη (kónkhē) and κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel shell”) + -ίον (-íon, forming diminutives).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.