Etymology

adeps

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Today it means: Soft or liquid animal fat. Full definition →

Latin adeps
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromadeps“fat, lard”
  2. English todayadeps

Unadapted borrowing from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”).

Words from the same roots

Latinadeps all →

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