Etymology

mandibula

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Late Latin mandibula
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The story

  1. Late Latin · borrowed frommandibula“a jaw”
  2. English todaymandibula

Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix).

Words from the same roots

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