The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκύαθος“ladle, ladle-like vase”
- English todaykyathos
From Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle, ladle-like vase”). Doublet of cyathus.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kyathos
Today it means: A style of painted Greek vase with a single long flat looping handle resembling a ladle. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κύαθος