Etymology

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Today it means: shaped like a sword blade Full definition →

Latin ensis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromensis“sword”
  2. English todayensiform

From Latin ensis (“sword”) + -form.

Words from the same roots

Latinensis all →

ensate

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