Etymology

foramen

F4O1R1A1M3E1N1

Today it means: An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone. Full definition →

Latin forāmen
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromforāmen“aperture or opening produced by boring”
  2. English todayforamen

Borrowed from Latin forāmen (“aperture or opening produced by boring”), from forō (“to pierce or bore”) + -men (nominal suffix).

Words from the same roots

Latinforāmen all →

foraminal

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