Where does “lentiform” come from?

lentiform (English) comes from Latin lēns — lentil.

lentiform (English): Shaped like a lens

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a lens

Ancestry of “lentiform”, step by step

lentiform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lēns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlēnslentil

via French lentiforme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlentiformelentiform
Every word from Latin lēns