Etymology

medulla

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Today it means: The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit. Full definition →

Latin medulla
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frommedulla“pith, marrow”
  2. English todaymedulla

Borrowed from Latin medulla (“pith, marrow”), perhaps from medius (“middle”).

Words from the same roots

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moelline

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