Etymology

ulva

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Today it means: Any organism of the genus Ulva. Full definition →

translingual Ulva ← Latin ulva
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromulva“sedge”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromUlva
  3. English todayulva

Borrowed from translingual Ulva, itself from Latin ulva (“sedge”).

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