The word comes from the Greek kylix ("cup"), which is cognate with Latin calix, the source of the English word "chalice" but not related to the similar Greek word κάλυξ : calyx, which means "husk" or "pod". The term seems to have been rather more generally used in ancient Greece. Individual examples and the many named sub-varieties of kylix are often called names just using "cup". Like all other types of Greek pottery vessels, they are also covered by the general term of "vase".
