syringe

Syringe comes from Middle French syringe, from Latin sȳrinx (accusative sȳringem), meaning 'reed' or 'panpipe,' which itself came from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx), 'pipe, syrinx.'

The word traveled from a hollow reed instrument in Greek to a hollow medical instrument in French and English, keeping the core idea of a narrow tube through which air or liquid passes.

Syringe is a doublet of syrinx, meaning both words descend from the same Greek root but reached English by different paths.