Etymology

ensiferan

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Today it means: Any insect of the suborder Ensifera. Full definition →

Latin ēnsifer
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromēnsifer“swordbearing”
  2. English todayensiferan

From translingual Ensifera + -an. Further from Latin ēnsifer (“swordbearing”).

Words from the same roots

Latinēnsifer all →

ensifer

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