The storyAncient Greek · derived fromκοτύλη“cup, half-pint”Latin · borrowed fromcotylaEnglish todaycotylaFrom Latin cotyla, from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, half-pint”).Words from the same rootsAncient Greekκοτύλη all →cotylekotyleEtymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.