The story
- Latin · borrowed fromtegula“a tile”
- English todaytegula
Borrowed from Latin tegula (“a tile”), from tegō (“to cover”). Doublet of tile.
Words from the same roots
Latintegula all →
tiletuille
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tegula
Today it means: A small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum. Full definition →
Latin tegula