English

gyrocone

From gyro- + cone.

Formed from gyro- + cone

Proto-Indo-European *gew- ‘to curve, to bend’

Ancient Greek γῦρος ‘circle’

English gyro-

Ancient Greek κῶνος ‘cone, spinning top, pine cone’

Medieval Latin cōnus

Middle English cone ‘corner, angle’

English cone

Today it means

noun (An organism with) a gyroconic shell.

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

Etymograph / gyrocone