Where does “lente” come from?

lente (Portuguese) comes from Latin lēns — lentil.

lente (Portuguese): lens; a fossil or deposit between two strata;...

Definitions

  1. lens; a fossil or deposit between two strata;...

Ancestry of “lente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlēnslentil
Every word from Latin lēns
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