Where does “σουπιά” come from?

σουπιά (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek σηπία, from Ancient Greek σήπειν, from Ancient Greek σήψ — putrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of...

σουπιά (Greek): cuttlefish

Definitions

cuttlefish

Ancestry of “σουπιά”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	σηπία	cuttlefish
2	Ancient Greek	σήπειν	present active infinitive of σήπω; to make...
3	Ancient Greek	σήψ	putrefying 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 →