Etymology

petricolous

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Today it means: Rock-dwelling; living among or on rocks. Full definition →

Latin petra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompetra“a rock”
  2. English todaypetricolous

From Latin petra (“a rock”) + colō (“to inhabit”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpetra all →

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