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salvatella

Today it means: The dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy. Full definition →

Medieval Latin salvatella ← Arabic الْأُسَيْلِم

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Arabic · derived fromالْأُسَيْلِم
Medieval Latin · borrowed fromsalvatella
English todaysalvatella

From Medieval Latin salvatella, misread from salacella, misread from salaseilem, misread from alaseilem, from Arabic الْأُسَيْلِم (al-ʔusaylim).

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