Etymology

bucco-

Today it means: buccal; related to the cheek. Full definition →

Latin bucca
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombucca“mouth; cheek”
  2. English todaybucco-

From buccal, from Latin bucca (“mouth; cheek”). By surface analysis, bucc- + -o-.

Words from the same roots

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