Etymology

millepore

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Today it means: Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. Full definition →

French millépore ← Latin mille
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommille“thousand”
  2. French · borrowed frommillépore
  3. English todaymillepore

From French millépore, from Latin mille (“thousand”) + porus (“pore”).

Words from the same roots

Latinmille all →

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