Etymology

equisetum

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Today it means: A horsetail (plant of genus Equisetum) Full definition →

Latin equus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromequus“horse”
  2. English todayequisetum

From Latin equus (“horse”) + saeta (“bristle”).

Words from the same roots

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