Etymology

cervelat

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Alemannic German Cervelat ← Middle French cervelat ← Latin cerebellum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcerebrum“brain”
  2. Latin · derived fromcerebellum
  3. Middle French · derived fromcervelat
  4. Alemannic German · borrowed fromCervelat
  5. English todaycervelat

Borrowed from Alemannic German Cervelat, from Middle French cervelat, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

Words from the same roots

Latincerebellum all →

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Latincerebrum all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.