English
squilla
Squilla comes from Latin squilla ‘the squill or sea onion’, and goes back to Ancient Greek σκίλλα.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκίλλαskílla‘squill’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquilla‘the squill or sea onion’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκίλλαskílla‘squill’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquilla‘the squill or sea onion’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Ancient Greek σκίλλα
Today it means
noun A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek σκίλλα / squilla