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Where does “locular” come from?

locular (English) comes from French loculaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

locular (English): Having a loculus or compartment

Definitions

  1. Having a loculus or compartment

Ancestry of “locular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchloculairelocular
2French-aire-ary; -aire
3Latin-ārius—
4Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “locular”

  • multilocular
  • unilocular
  • bilocular
  • trilocular
  • plurilocular
  • multilocularity
  • interlocular
  • quadrilocular
  • intralocular
  • quinquelocular
  • sexlocular
  • octolocular
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