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Where does “cirri” come from?

cirri (English) comes from Latin cirri, from Latin cirrus — a curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...

cirri (English): plural of cirrus Tendrils or claspers; plural of...

Definitions

  1. plural of cirrus Tendrils or claspers; plural of...

Ancestry of “cirri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincirrinominative plural of cirrus; genitive singular of...
2Latincirrusa curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...
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