The story
- Latin · derived fromlēns“lentil”
- Latin · derived fromlenticula
- Medieval Latin · derived fromlenticulāris“lentil-shaped”
- English todaylenticularis
From Medieval Latin lenticulāris (“lentil-shaped”), from Latin lenticula, from lēns + -cula, ultimately from Latin lēns (“lentil”).
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinlenticulāris all →
lenticular
Latinlenticula all →
lentillenticularlenticellalenticula
Latinlēns all →
lenslenticularlenticellentiform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.