Etymology

angusticlave

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Today it means: A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank. Full definition →

Latin angustus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromangustus“narrow”
  2. English todayangusticlave

From Latin angustus (“narrow”) and clavus (“nail, stripe”).

Words from the same roots

Latinangustus all →

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