Where does “koki” come from?

koki (Mauritian Creole) comes from French coquille, from Vulgar Latin conchilia, from Latin conchylium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

koki (Mauritian Creole): shell

Definitions

  1. shell

Ancestry of “koki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoquilleshell; dish; scallop; typo, misprint
2Vulgar Latinconchilia—
3Latinconchyliumshellfish; oyster; purple
4Ancient Greekκογχύλιονsmall mussel
5Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον →