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ranula.

diminutive of rāna:

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈraː.nʊ.ɫa]Classical-Latin[ˈraː.nu.la]

diminutive of rāna: A little frog, a tadpole.
Classical-Latin · declension-1 · literally
diminutive of rāna: A little swelling on the tongue of cattle.
declension-1 · obsolete

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin rāna Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin rānula From rāna (“a frog”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

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