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papillate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English papilla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English papillate From papilla + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Resembling papillae, or covered in papillae.

Deriveds

epapillate · semipapillate · nonpapillate

papillate en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English papilla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English papillate From papilla + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cover with papillae.
  2. (intransitive) To take the form of a papilla, or of papillae.

Forms

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papillated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
papillated Tense=Past lexicographic
papillates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
papillating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic