Etymology

lentiginous

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, resembling or having lentigines. Full definition →

Latin lentīginōsus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromlentīginōsus“freckled”
  2. English todaylentiginous

Learned borrowing from Latin lentīginōsus (“freckled”).

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