Etymology

squilla

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Today it means: A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks. Full definition →

Latin squilla ← Ancient Greek σκίλλα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκίλλα
  2. Latin · derived fromsquilla
  3. English todaysquilla

From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσκίλλα all →

scilla

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.