English
cyatholith
Cyatholith comes from Ancient Greek κύαθος ‘ladle for drawing wine’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύαθοςkúathos‘ladle for drawing wine’
- Englishtodaycyatholith
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύαθοςkúathos‘ladle for drawing wine’
- Englishtodaycyatholith
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, jail, cave, cage, kirk, cavity, excavation, hound, cyst, gaol, cumulus, excavate, caul, cavil, cajole, 40 more
Today it means
noun A kind of coccolith resembling a minute cup widened at the top.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κύαθος / cyatholith