Etymology

skyphos

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Today it means: A deep two-handled wine cup of Ancient Greece. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκύφος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσκύφος
  2. English todayskyphos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσκύφος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.