hiatus.
opening/cleft/fissure/split/crevice; (maybe rude); chasm; wideopen jaw/expanse; hiatus; action of gaping/yawning/splitting open; greedy desire (for w/GEN);
Meaning & usage
a hiatus, opening (especially of the mouth), gap, aperture, cleft
a longing, desire
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂iéh₂yeti Proto-Italic *hiāō Latin hiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin hiātus From hiō + -tus.
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