Etymology

lentil

len·til
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Today it means: Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. Full definition →

Middle English lentile ← Old French lentille ← Latin lenticula
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  1. substrate · derived from
  2. Latin · derived fromlenticula
  3. Old French · derived fromlentille
  4. Middle English · derived fromlentile
  5. English todaylentil

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.

Words from the same roots

Latinlenticula all →

lenticularlenticellalenticulalenticularis

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