Etymology

cotyle

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Today it means: A unit of Greek liquid measure. Full definition →

Latin cotylē ← Ancient Greek κοτύλη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοτύλη“cup, half-pint”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromcotylē
  3. English todaycotyle

From Latin cotylē and Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, half-pint”). Doublet of kotyle and kotylos.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκοτύλη all →

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