discus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a discus, quoit
- a dish shaped like a discus
- disc of a sundial
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek δίσκος (platter, quoit, disk, a circular plate suited for hurling, discus, disc, tray).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δίσκος
Gloss
platter, quoit, disk, a circular plate suited for hurling, discus, disc, tray
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disc English
- disk English
- diskos English
- desca Latin
- discalis Latin
- disculus Latin
- discum Latin
- gaster Latin
- Diskus German
- Diskuswurf German
- deszka Hungarian
- diszkosz Hungarian
- deschetto Italian
- desco Italian
- disco Italian
- discoide Italian
- discopatia Italian
- discoteca Italian
- minidisco Italian
- monodisco Italian
- semidisco Italian
- videodisco Italian
- discus Dutch, Flemish
- discuswerpen Dutch, Flemish
- blastodisque French
- dais French
- discal French
- discographie French
- discophile French
- disquaire French
- disque French
- nanodisque French
- диск Russian
- доска Russian
- доска́ Russian
- γαστήρ Ancient Greek
- δίσκος Ancient Greek
- diskos Norwegian Bokmål
- *disk Proto-Germanic
- *diskuz Proto-Germanic
- deska Polish
- diskos Norwegian Nynorsk
- disc Old English
- disċ Old English
- deis Middle English
- diskr Old Norse
- *dъska Proto-Slavic
- deska Czech
- deis Old French
- disko Esperanto
- flugdisko Esperanto
- laserdisko Esperanto
- daska Serbo-Croatian
- deska Serbo-Croatian
- даска Serbo-Croatian
- disc Catalan, Valencian
- tocadiscs Catalan, Valencian
- disc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- δίσκος Greek (modern)
- *disc Old High German
- tisc Old High German
- disque Norman
- tisch Middle High German
- dhisk Albanian
- dishtë Albanian
- טיש Yiddish
- *disk gmw-pro
- disk Old Dutch
- даска Macedonian
- disc Old Saxon
- disk Old Saxon
- deska Slovene
- дъска Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- deis xno
- דיסקוס Aramaic
- Disch Pennsylvania German
- desco roa-oit