Etymology

favose

F4A1V4O1S1E1

Today it means: Honeycombed. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English favus ← Latin favus
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The story

  1. Latinfavus
  2. Englishfavus
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  5. English todayfavose

From favus (“honeycomb”) + -ose.

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