Etymology

binomen

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Today it means: A name having two parts. Full definition →

Latin bis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombis“double, twice”
  2. English todaybinomen

Latin bis (“double, twice”) + nōmen (“name”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbis all →

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