Etymology

areole

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Today it means: Any of the smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf. Full definition →

French aréole ← Latin areola
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromareola
  2. French · borrowed fromaréole
  3. English todayareole

Borrowed from French aréole, from Latin areola: a small area. Doublet of areola.

Words from the same roots

Latinareola all →

areolaareolet

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.