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- Latin · derived fromcilicium“a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair”
- English todaycilicious
From Latin cilicium (“a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair”), from Cilicious (“Cilician”), from Cilicia (“a province of Asia Minor”).
Words from the same roots
Latincilicium all →
cilice
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.