Etymology

haustorium

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Today it means: A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host. Full definition →

Latin haustor
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromhaustor“drainer”
  2. English todayhaustorium

From Latin haustor (“drainer”) + -ium.

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