Disc
/dɪsk/noun
A flat, thin, round object or a record-shaped object used for storage or playback.
Did you know?The word comes from Greek *diskos*, originally a heavy throwing discus, so modern “discs” still carry the ghost of an ancient athletic ritual object.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
δίσκος (diskos)
“a disk or discus; a round, flat object, especially a throwing discus”
Latin
Lat
discus
“a quoit, discus, or flat circular plate”
Late Latin / Old French
LLat / OF
disque
“a disk or circular plate”
Middle English
English
disc
“a circular plate or object”
Modern English
English
disc
“a flat, round object; especially a recording or storage medium”