Etymology

arvicole

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Today it means: field mouse (US, Canada), vole Full definition →

Latin arvum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromarvum“field”
  2. English todayarvicole

From Latin arvum (“field”) + colo (“to inhabit”); compare Italian arvicola.

Words from the same roots

Latinarvum all →

arvicolinearviculture

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