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- Latin · borrowed fromoleāmen
- English todayoleamen
Probably from borrowed from Latin oleāmen (“ointment containing olive oil”), from oleum (“olive oil”) + -amen (“noun suffix”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A soft ointment prepared from oil. Full definition →
Probably from borrowed from Latin oleāmen (“ointment containing olive oil”), from oleum (“olive oil”) + -amen (“noun suffix”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.