Etymology

lamina

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Today it means: Any of a number of layer or plate-like structures in human or animal bodies. Full definition →

Latin lāmina
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromlāmina“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”
  2. English todaylamina

Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.

Words from the same roots

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