Etymology

ustulation

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Today it means: An act of burning, especially roasting. Full definition →

Latin ustulare
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromustulare“burn, scorch, sear”
  2. English todayustulation

Borrowed from Latin ustulare (“burn, scorch, sear”) (with the suffix -ation added), from ust-, past participle stem of uro (“burn”). By surface analysis, ustulate + -ion.

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