English
cyathiform
Cyathiform comes from Ancient Greek κύαθος ‘ladle for drawing wine’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύαθοςkúathos‘ladle for drawing wine’
- Englishtodaycyathiform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύαθοςkúathos‘ladle for drawing wine’
- Englishtodaycyathiform
Formed from cyathus ‘cup’ + -form
Ancient Greek κύαθος ‘ladle’
Latin cyathus ‘cyathus, Roman cup, a Roman unit of liquid…’
English cyathus
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, jail, cave, cage, kirk, cavity, hound, excavation, cyst, gaol, cumulus, excavate, cajole, caul, cavil, 40 more
Today it means
adj In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κύαθος / cyathiform