siphon

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσίφων“pipe, tube”
2. Latin · derived fromsīphō
3. Old French · derived fromsifon
4. Middle French · derived fromsiphon
5. English todaysiphon

From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), with the irregular forms suggesting a non-Indo-European loan source, perhaps of the shape *twi-, *twibh.

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