membrane
/ˈmembˌɹeɪn/MEM-brayn
/ˈmɛmbˌɹeɪn/MEM-brayn
Meaninga limb skin
Common meaning: a thin skin
- membra limb, part of the bodyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1129 · scan
- aneadjective ending (variant of -an)
Journey through time
- Latinmembrum, -ī‘a limb, part of the body’
- Frenchmembrane
- Englishmembrane‘a thin skin’ · today
membr also in: member
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
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Origin: Built on Latin membrum ‘a limb, part of the body’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry membrum, p. 1129 · dictionary scan
Roots
- membrum, -ī Latin “a limb, part of the body”
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