Where does “sconciglio” come from?

sconciglio (Neapolitan) comes from Latin conchylium, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

sconciglio (Neapolitan): Mulex sea snail

Definitions

  1. Mulex sea snail

Ancestry of “sconciglio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinconchyliumshellfish; oyster; purple
2Ancient Greekκογχύλιονsmall mussel
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sconciglio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον →