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Where does “circumlittoral” come from?

circumlittoral (English) comes from English littoral, from Latin littoralis, from Latin lītus.

circumlittoral (English): Around, or bordering the shore; Describing the...

Definitions

  1. Around, or bordering the shore; Describing the...

Ancestry of “circumlittoral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlittoralOf or relating to the shore, especially the...
2LatinlittoralisAlternative form of lītorālis
3Latinlītus—
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