Where does “cirrípedes” come from?

cirrípedes (Portuguese) comes from Translingual Cirripedia, from Latin cirrus — a curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...

cirrípedes (Portuguese): relating to barnacles

Definitions

  1. relating to barnacles

Ancestry of “cirrípedes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCirripediaBarnacles
2Latincirrusa curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...
Every word from Latin cirrusEvery word from Translingual Cirripedia
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