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Where does “lenticular” come from?

Lenticular comes from Latin lenticularis, derived from Latin lens, meaning lentil, from the seed's lens-shaped form.

lenticular (English): Of or pertaining to a lens; Shaped like a...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a lens; Shaped like a...

Ancestry of “lenticular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlenticularislentil-shaped
2Latinlenslentil; lens; nit

Words derived from “lenticular”

  • hepatolenticular
  • lenticularly
  • nonlenticular
  • thalamolenticular
  • semilenticular
  • circumlenticular
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