Etymology

areola

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Today it means: The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae. Full definition →

Latin āreola
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromāreola“small vacant space, garden”
  2. English todayareola

Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole.

Words from the same roots

Latināreola all →

areoleareolet

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