Where does “cossu” come from?

cossu (French) comes from French cosse, from Latin coccia, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

cossu (French): poddy (having many pods)

Definitions

  1. poddy (having many pods)

Ancestry of “cossu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcossepod; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Latincoccia
3Latincochleasnail; snail shell; spiral
4Ancient Greekκοχλίαςsnail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
5Ancient Greekκόχλοςshellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...
Every word from Ancient Greek κόχλος
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