Etymology

cirro-

Today it means: Resembling a fringe Full definition →

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

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

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