Etymology

vallecula

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Today it means: A depression, channel, or groove. Full definition →

Late Latin vallecula
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The story

  1. Late Latin · borrowed fromvallecula“a little valley, glen, dell”
  2. English todayvallecula

1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”).

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