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Where does “flavedo” come from?

flavedo (English) comes from New Latin flāvēdō, from Latin flāvus, from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

flavedo (English): The exocarp in citruses

Definitions

  1. The exocarp in citruses

Ancestry of “flavedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinflāvēdō—
2Latinflāvus—
3Latinpalpuspalm of the hand; feeler
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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