Etymology

tholus

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Today it means: A small domical mountain or hill. Full definition →

Latin tholus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtholus“dome, rotunda”
  2. English todaytholus

From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos.

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