Etymology

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Today it means: A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object. Full definition →

French disque ← Latin discu ← Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)
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  1. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  2. Latindiscu
  3. Frenchdisque
  4. English todaydisc

From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos.

Words from the same roots

Latindiscus all →

deskdishdiscusdiscous

Ancient Greekδίσκος all →

diskdiscusdaisdisciformdiskos

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