Etymology

squill

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Today it means: A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties Full definition →

French scille ← Latin scilla
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscilla
  2. French · borrowed fromscille
  3. English todaysquill

From French scille, from Latin scilla. Doublet of scilla.

Words from the same roots

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scilla

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