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Where does “exoskeletal” come from?

exoskeletal (English) comes from English skeletal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

exoskeletal (English): Pertaining to the exoskeleton

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the exoskeleton

Ancestry of “exoskeletal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishskeletalof, or relating to the skeleton; haggard,...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “exoskeletal”

  • exoskeletally
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