κύτος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a hollow
- any vessel; e.g. a jar, an urn, a vase, etc.
- (used of any hollow container) the occiput, the chest, a plant’s root, the uterus, an ox’s abomasum, the body in general, the trunk thereof, metaphorically the polis, etc.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (cover).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kewH-
Gloss
cover
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -cyte English
- autohide English
- boarhide English
- calfhide English
- cowhide English
- cyto- English
- dragonhide English
- hidage English
- hidate English
- hidation English
- hiddle English
- hide English
- hide-all English
- hideable English
- hideaway English
- hidebehind English
- hidebound English
- hided English
- hidegild English
- hideless English
- hidelings English
- hideman English
- hideout English
- hider English
- hidest English
- hidness English
- hidy English
- horsehide English
- huddle English
- moosehide English
- oxhide English
- rawhide English
- rehide English
- syncitium English
- unhide English
- *cutica Latin
- *cutina Latin
- cutica Latin
- cutis Latin
- cyta Latin
- cytus Latin
- squama Latin
- cito- Hungarian
- cito- Italian
- cute Italian
- cito- Spanish, Castilian
- cutis Spanish, Castilian
- κύστις Ancient Greek
- σκυτοτόμος Ancient Greek
- σκύλος Ancient Greek
- σκύτινος Ancient Greek
- σκῦτος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kuH-t- Proto-Indo-European
- *huþōn Proto-Germanic
- *hūdiz Proto-Germanic
- hyd Old English
- स्कुनाति Sanskrit
- hiden Middle English
- -cít Irish
- cíti- Irish
- -cyt Czech
- -cit Catalan, Valencian
- κύτος Greek (modern)
- hait Tok Pisin