Etymology

discal

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Today it means: Pertaining to, or resembling, a disc (disk). Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English disc ← French disque
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  2. Latindiscu
  3. Frenchdisque
  4. Englishdisc
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. English todaydiscal

From disc + -al.

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