Etymograph

English

sycon

Sycon comes from mul Sycon.

  1. mulmodernSycon1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2012sycon1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sycon
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies: “In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity,…”.

Lineage

  1. mulmodernSyconWiktionary, English sycon
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2012syconWiktionary, English sycon. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies: “In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity,…”

Today it means

noun Any sponge of the genus Sycon.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sycon”. 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.

Etymograph / mul Sycon / sycon