Etymology

molendinaceous

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Today it means: Resembling a windmill. Full definition →

Latin molendīna
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommolendīna
  2. English todaymolendinaceous

From Latin molendīna, from molendīnum (“mill, mill-house”) + -aceous.

Words from the same roots

Latinmolendīna all →

molendinary

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