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Where does “lamella” come from?

Lamella comes from Latin lamella, a diminutive of Latin lamina, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European stelh₃-.

lamella (English): A thin, plate-like structure; The gill of a...

Definitions

  1. A thin, plate-like structure; The gill of a...

Ancestry of “lamella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlāmella—
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “lamella”

  • lamellate
  • lamelliferous
  • bilamellate
  • lamellately
  • lamelloid
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