Etymology

lamellicorn

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Today it means: Having a group of flat lamellae on the end. Full definition →

French lamellicorne ← Latin lamella
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlamella“a thin plate”
  2. French · borrowed fromlamellicorne
  3. English todaylamellicorn

From French lamellicorne, from Latin lamella (“a thin plate”) + cornu (“a horn”).

Words from the same roots

Latinlamella all →

lamellalamelliformlamellocyte

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