Where does “seiche” come from?

seiche (English) comes from French seiche, from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία, from Ancient Greek σήπειν, from Ancient Greek σήψ — putrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...

seiche (English): a short-term standing wave oscillation of the...

Definitions

  1. a short-term standing wave oscillation of the...

Ancestry of “seiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchseichecuttlefish; seiche
2Latinsēpiaa cuttlefish
3Ancient Greekσηπίαcuttlefish
4Ancient Greekσήπεινpresent active infinitive of σήπω; to make...
5Ancient Greekσήψputrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...
Every word from Ancient Greek σήψ →Every word from Ancient Greek σήπειν →Every word from Ancient Greek σηπία →