English
strobila
Strobila comes from Ancient Greek στροβίλη ‘Plug of lint twisted into an oval shape like a…’, and goes back to στρόβος ‘whirling around’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρόβος‘whirling around’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστροβίληstrobílē‘Plug of lint twisted into an oval shape like a pinecone’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900strobila
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρόβος‘whirling around’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEστροβίληstrobílē‘Plug of lint twisted into an oval shape like a pinecone’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900strobila
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ-
Today it means
noun A jointed series of segments of an organism, as of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek στρόβος / strobila