Etymology

congy

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Today it means: Synonym of congius, Roman units of liquid measure and mass. Full definition →

French conge ← Latin congius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcongius
  2. French · derived fromconge
  3. English todaycongy

From French conge, from Latin congius, q.v. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys.

Words from the same roots

Frenchconge all →

congecongé

Latincongius all →

congecongius

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.