Etymology

hircose

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Today it means: Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine Full definition →

Latin hircīnus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromhircīnus“of a goat”, “goat-scented”
  2. English todayhircose

By surface analysis, hirc- (“buck, male goat”) + -ose. Ultimately related to Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”)

Words from the same roots

Latinhircīnus all →

hircine

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