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Where does “scille” come from?

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

scille (French): squill, any plant of the genus "Scilla" or...

Definitions

  1. squill, any plant of the genus "Scilla" or...

Ancestry of “scille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscillasquill
2Ancient Greekσκίλλαsquill

Words derived from “scille”

  • squill
Every word from Ancient Greek σκίλλα →