tegument
English
/ˈtɛɡ.jʊ.mənt/
noun
Definitions
- Something which covers; a covering or coating.
- (anatomy) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tegumentum (a cover), tegō (cover, clothe, I cover, protect, hide).
Origin
Latin
tegō
Gloss
cover, clothe, I cover, protect, hide
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- protect English
- subtegumental English
- tegumental English
- tegumentary English
- transtegumental English
- circumtego Latin
- contego Latin
- detego Latin
- intego Latin
- obtego Latin
- tegimen Latin
- tegmen Latin
- tegula Latin
- tegumen Latin
- tegumentum Latin
- tegō Latin
- tegumento Italian
- tegi Esperanto