Etymology

vorticella

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Today it means: Any protozoan of the genus Vorticella. Full definition →

translingual Vorticella ← Latin vortic-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvortic-
  2. translingual · borrowed fromVorticella
  3. English todayvorticella

Borrowed from translingual Vorticella, from Latin vortic- + -ella.

Words from the same roots

Latinvortic- all →

vorticel

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