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Where does “pollicata” come from?

pollicata (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin pollex — thumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Ancestry of “pollicata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpollexthumb; great toe; a unit of distance, equivalent...

Words derived from “pollicata”

  • pulgada
  • polegada
  • pulgada
  • pulgada
  • polegada
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