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Where does “squill” come from?

squill (English) comes from French scille, from Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα — squill.

squill (English): A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus...

Definitions

  1. A European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus...

Ancestry of “squill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscillesquill, any plant of the genus "Scilla" or...
2Latinscillasquill
3Ancient Greekσκίλλαsquill
Every word from Ancient Greek σκίλλα →