The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκοτυληδών“cup-shaped cavity”
- Latin · learned borrowing fromcotylēdōn
- English todaycotyledon
From Latin cotylēdōn, from Ancient Greek κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn, “cup-shaped cavity”), from κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.