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limpet

Meaninglamprey

Common meaning: marine mollusc with a cone-shaped shell

Journey through time

  1. Late Latinlampetra‘lamprey’source
  2. Old Englishlempedu‘lamprey’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftslamprey → shellfishlempet‘shellfish’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsshellfish → marine mollusc with a cone-shaped shelllimpet‘marine mollusc with a cone-shaped shell’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Late Latin lampetra ‘lamprey’.

Roots

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