Etymology

setireme

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Today it means: An oar-like swimming leg of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin. Full definition →

Latin remus
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  1. Latin · derived fromremus“an oar”
  2. English todaysetireme

From seta + Latin remus (“an oar”).

Words from the same roots

Latinremus all →

Remuspolyremeremiform

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.