lanugo
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (in the) woolly substance, the down of plants, of youthful cheeks, etc.
- (transferred sense) sawdust
Etymology
Suffix from Latin lāna (wool).
Origin
Latin
lāna
Gloss
wool
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lanameter English
- lanarius Latin
- laniger Latin
- lanosus Latin
- lāna Latin
- lānārius Latin
- lana Italian
- *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- lainne Old French
- lano Esperanto
- llana Catalan, Valencian
- lână Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lãa Old Portuguese
- lãnã Aromanian
- *wlānā Proto-Italic
- lana Romansh
- langa Romansh
- launa Romansh
- làna Romansh
- llana Asturian
- lane Friulian
- lana Old Spanish
- łana Venetian
- luona Dalmatian