The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλάγηνος“flask, pitcher”
- Latin · derived fromlagēna“flagon; large flask”
- English todaylagena
From Latin lagēna (“flagon; large flask”), from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flask, pitcher”). alternative form of λᾰ́γῡνος (lắgūnos)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλάγηνος all →
lagenocanaliculate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.