Etymology

sarcocol

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Middle English sarcocol ← Latin sarcocolla ← Ancient Greek σαρκοκόλλα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσαρκοκόλλα
  2. Latin · derived fromsarcocolla
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsarcocol
  4. English todaysarcocol

From Middle English sarcocol, from Latin sarcocolla, from Ancient Greek σαρκοκόλλα (sarkokólla), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue, adhesive”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsarcocolla all →

sarcocolla

Ancient Greekσαρκοκόλλα all →

flesh gluesarcocolla

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.