coccum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a scarlet berry of various plants
- a gall of various trees
- the insect, Coccus ilicis, used for producing dye
- a scarlet dye, or the cloth dyed with it, carmine
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κόκκος (grain, seed, berry, pill, berry from the scarlet oak, kernel, kermes oak).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόκκος
Gloss
grain, seed, berry, pill, berry from the scarlet oak, kernel, kermes oak
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
錠
Emoji
🌾
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cocciferous English
- coccolith English
- *cocceus Latin
- cocceus Latin
- coccinus Latin
- coccus Latin
- Kokos German
- coccola Italian
- coque French
- cochinilla Spanish, Castilian
- coco Spanish, Castilian
- neumococo Spanish, Castilian
- κοκκοθραύστης Ancient Greek
- κόκκινος Ancient Greek
- κόκκος Ancient Greek
- μῆνιγξ Ancient Greek
- coco Portuguese
- coqueiro Portuguese
- coque Old French
- coco Galician
- kokë Albanian
- kuq Albanian
- cocã Aromanian
- cotschen Romansh
- tgietschen Romansh
- cocciu Sicilian
- *kox Proto-Brythonic
- chécen Ladin
- cuecen Ladin
- cueciun Ladin
- coch Middle Welsh