Etymology

buccula

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Today it means: A fold of fat beneath the chin. Full definition →

Latin buccula
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing frombuccula
  2. English todaybuccula

Learned borrowing from Latin buccula. By surface analysis, bucc(a) + -ula.

Words from the same roots

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