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- New Latin · borrowed frompirifōrmis
- English todaypiriform
Borrowing from New Latin pirifōrmis, from pirum (“a pear”) + -fōrmis (“-form, -shaped”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of piriformis.
Words from the same roots
New Latinpirifōrmis all →
piriformis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.