Etymology

membraneous

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Middle French membraneux ← Latin membrāneus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frommembrāneus“made of parchment”, “consisting of or resembling a membrane”
  2. Middle French · borrowed frommembraneux
  3. English todaymembraneous

From the Middle French membraneux, or the Classical Latin membrāneus (“made of parchment”, “consisting of or resembling a membrane”) or formed in English as: membrane + -eous.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchmembraneux all →

membranous

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