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laterculus.

small brick, tile; (brick-shaped) block; hard cake/biscuit; parcel of land;

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ɫaˈtɛr.kʊ.ɫʊs]Classical-Latin[laˈtɛr.ku.lus]
  1. small brick; small tile

    declension-2 · literally · masculine
  2. a kind of pastry (so called because of its being shaped like a tile)

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. a tile-shaped piece of land

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin later m Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin laterculus From later m (“brick; tile”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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