Etymology

silvicolous

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Today it means: Growing in woodlands. Full definition →

Latin silva
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsilva“forest”
  2. English todaysilvicolous

From Latin silva (“forest”) + -colous.

Words from the same roots

Latinsilva all →

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