Etymology

cerecloth

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Today it means: Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead. Full definition →

Latin cera
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcera“wax, cere”
  2. English todaycerecloth

From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).

Words from the same roots

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