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Where does “lunately” come from?

lunately (English) comes from English lunate, from Latin lūnātus, from Latin luno — I curve or bend into a crescent or half-moon...

lunately (English): In a lunate manner

Definitions

  1. In a lunate manner

Ancestry of “lunately”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlunateShaped like a crescent; A small stone artifact,...
2Latinlūnātus—
3LatinlunoI curve or bend into a crescent or half-moon...
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