cunca

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόγχη“shell, mussel”
2. Latin · derived fromconcha“mussel, vessel”
3. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromcunca
4. Galician · borrowed fromcunca“bowl, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₆₀</small> Galician bushel”
5. English todaycunca

From Galician cunca (“bowl, ¹⁄₆₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”).

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