Etymology

furfuraceous

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Today it means: Made of bran. Full definition →

Latin furfur
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromfurfur“bran”
  2. English todayfurfuraceous

Borrowed from Latin furfur (“bran”) + -aceous.

Words from the same roots

Latinfurfur all →

furfurfurfuration

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