The story
- Latin · derived fromsīphunculus“little tube”
- English todaysiphuncle
From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsīphunculus all →
siphuncule
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
siphuncle
Today it means: A strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows. Full definition →
Latin sīphunculus