Etymology

curculio

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Today it means: Any of the genus Curculio, among the Curculionidae (true weevils). Full definition →

translingual Curculio ← Latin curculiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromcurculiō“weevil”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromCurculio
  3. English todaycurculio

Borrowed from translingual Curculio, from Latin curculiō (“weevil”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.