Etymograph

English

discous

Discous comes from Latin discus ‘disk’, from Ancient Greek δίσκος ‘quoit, disc, discus’, and ultimately from δικεῖν ‘to cast’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖν1dikeîn‘to cast’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδίσκος2‘quoit, disc, discus’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscus3‘disk’
  4. Englishtodaydiscous3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek δίσκος
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin discus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English discous

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδικεῖνWiktionary, Ancient Greek δίσκοςdikeîn‘to cast’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδίσκοςWiktionary, Latin discus‘quoit, disc, discus’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiscusWiktionary, English discous‘disk’
  4. EnglishtodaydiscousWiktionary, English discous

Linked words

through Ancient Greek δίσκος ‘quoit, disc, discus’

disk, 4 more

through Latin discus ‘disk’

desk, dish, dais, tish, discus, discal, 2 more

Today it means

adj Like a disk/disc

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “discous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek δίσκος, Latin discus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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