Etymology

araceous

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Today it means: Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type. Full definition →

translingual Arum ← Latin arum ← Ancient Greek ἄρον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄρον
  2. Latin · derived fromarum
  3. translingual · derived fromArum
  4. English todayaraceous

From translingual Arum + -aceous, from Latin arum, a genus of plants, from Ancient Greek ἄρον (áron).

Words from the same roots

Latinarum all →

arum

Ancient Greekἄρον all →

arum

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