Etymology

alitrunk

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Today it means: The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma. Full definition →

Latin ala
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  1. Latin · derived fromala“wing”
  2. English todayalitrunk

From Latin ala (“wing”) + truncus (“trunk”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.