Where does “sepio” come from?

sepio (Esperanto) comes 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...

sepio (Esperanto): squid

Definitions

  1. squid

Ancestry of “sepio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēpiaa cuttlefish
2Ancient Greekσηπίαcuttlefish
3Ancient Greekσήπεινpresent active infinitive of σήπω; to make...
4Ancient Greekσήψputrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...
Every word from Ancient Greek σήψEvery word from Ancient Greek σήπεινEvery word from Ancient Greek σηπία