Etymology

cirri-

Latin cirrus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcirrus“fringe”
  2. English todaycirri-

From cirrus (“cloud-type”) and Latin cirrus (“fringe”). By surface analysis, cirr- + -i-.

Words from the same roots

Latincirrus all →

cirruscirro-

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