Etymology

lagerstätte

Today it means: A sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossil richness or completeness. Full definition →

German Lagerstätte
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromLagerstätte“storage place”
  2. English todaylagerstätte

From German Lagerstätte (“storage place”).

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