Etymology

janiceps

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Today it means: conjoined twins whose heads are fused together but look in opposite directions Full definition →

Latin Iānus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromIānus“two-headed god”
  2. English todayjaniceps

From Latin Iānus (“two-headed god”) + -ceps (“headed”).

Words from the same roots

LatinIānus all →

Janus

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