Where does “coquille” come from?

coquille (English) comes from French coquille, from Vulgar Latin conchilia, from Latin conchylium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

coquille (English): A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell

Definitions

  1. A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell

Ancestry of “coquille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoquilleshell; dish; scallop; typo, misprint
2Vulgar Latinconchilia—
3Latinconchyliumshellfish; oyster; purple
4Ancient Greekκογχύλιονsmall mussel
5Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “coquille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον →