1603: syringe and syrinx May 5, 2019

As discussed yesterday, 'syrinx' means pipes, both in the context of windpipes and pan pipes from Greek mythology, but it also lead other, less familiar looking words. 'Syringe' for instance also comes from 'syrinx'. This is a different sort of pipe, or in this case chanel, but as a medical term it is not surprising to see something from Greek. Notably, both words in question start with 'sy-', but for a short time, 'syrinx' was also spelt with 'su-'. More will be discussed about this tomorrow.