Etymograph

English

codon

Codon comes from Latin codon ‘codon: a handbell used for summoning monks’, from Ancient Greek κώδων ‘bell’, and ultimately from κώδεια ‘poppyhead’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκώδειαkṓdeia‘poppyhead’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκώδωνkṓdōn‘bell’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcodon‘codon: a handbell used for summoning monks’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκώδειαkṓdeia‘poppyhead’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκώδωνkṓdōn‘bell’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcodon‘codon: a handbell used for summoning monks’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Ancient Greek κώδεια

Today it means

noun A handbell used for summoning monks.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek κώδεια / codon

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