Etymology

filiciform

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Today it means: Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Full definition →

Latin filix
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The story

  1. Latin · derived from-icis
  2. Latin · derived fromfilix“fern”
  3. English todayfiliciform

From Latin filix (“fern”) + Latin -icis + English -form. Compare French filiciforme.

Words from the same roots

Latinfilix all →

filicicfilicoid

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.