English
ampulla
Ampulla comes from Latin ampulla ‘small amphora, phial, flask (properly made…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEampulla‘small amphora, phial, flask (properly made like a small amphora’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEampulla‘small amphora, phial, flask (properly made like a small amphora’
- Englishearliest quotation 2002same form
Earliest quotation: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation: “Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla…”
Every English word from Latin ampulla
Today it means
noun An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ampulla / ampulla