Where does “cochleārium” come from?

cochleārium (Latin) comes from Latin cochleār, from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας, from Ancient Greek κόχλος — shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

cochleārium (Latin): snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails

Definitions

snailery, snail-pen, enclosure for edible snails

Ancestry of “cochleārium”, step by step

cochleārium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cochleār

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	cochleār	a spoon
2	Latin	cochlea	snail; snail shell; spiral
3	Ancient Greek	κοχλίας	snail with a spiral-shell; spiral; spiral, snail...
4	Ancient Greek	κόχλος	shellfish with a spiral shell, used for dyeing...

via Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	κοχλῐ́ᾱς	snail with a spiral shell

Words derived from “cochleārium”

Every word from Ancient Greek κόχλος →Every word from Ancient Greek κοχλίας →Every word from Latin cochlea →