The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλήκυθος“oil flask or bottle”
- English todaylecythiform
From Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos, “oil flask or bottle”) + -iform (“having the shape of”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλήκυθος all →
lekythos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.