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ampulla.

bottle, jar, flask for holding liquids; inflated expressions, bombast;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[amˈpʊl.la]Classical-Latin[amˈpul.la]

  1. small amphora, phial, flask (properly made like a small amphora, with two small handles and a swollen middle, but with the chief attribute being that it is a small bottle; made by the Romans of various materials, including leather, glass)

    declension-1 · feminine

  2. swelling words, bombast

    declension-1 · feminine · figuratively · plural

  3. bladder; blister, swelling

    Medieval-Latin · New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi Proto-Hellenic *ampʰí Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek φορέω (phoréō) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek φορεύς (phoreús) Ancient Greek ἀμφιφορεύς (amphiphoreús) Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús)bor. Latin amphora Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin ampulla From amphora + -la.

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