Etymology

lobation

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Today it means: The quality of having lobes. Full definition →

English lobe ← Latin lobus ← Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leb-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lobós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*lobós?
  4. Ancient Greekλοβός (lobós)
  5. Latinlobus
  6. Englishlobe
  7. English todaylobation

From lobe + -ation.

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