Etymograph

English

cochlea

Cochlea comes from Latin cochlea ‘a snail’, and goes back to Ancient Greek κόχλιας.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόχλιαςkókhlias‘a snail with a spiral shell’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcochlea‘a snail’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόχλιαςkókhlias‘a snail with a spiral shell’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcochlea‘a snail’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Ancient Greek κόχλιας

Today it means

noun The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek κόχλιας / cochlea

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