The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκοτύλη“cup, half-pint”
- English todaykotyle
From Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, half-pint”). Doublet of cotyla, cotyle, and kotylos.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kotyle
Today it means: Synonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”). Full definition →
Ancient Greek κοτύλη