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Where does “cullera” come from?

cullera (Catalan) comes from Latin cochleare, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

cullera (Catalan): spoon; northern shoveler duck, "Anas clypeata"; a...

Definitions

  1. spoon; northern shoveler duck, "Anas clypeata"; a...

Ancestry of “cullera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincochleare—
2Latincochleasnail; snail shell; spiral
3Ancient Greekκοχλίαςsnail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
4Ancient Greekκόχλοςshellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

Words derived from “cullera”

  • cullerot
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