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Month: August 2021

Latin words ending in /-əsəl/

Posted on August 16, 2021August 9, 2023 by Sirjana Kaur

How do you spell /ˈärˌbəsəl/, a word from Latin that means: “a dwarf tree or shrub”? If you guessed “arbustle”, I don’t blame you. There are plenty of common English words that end with “-ustle” (bustle, hustle, rustle…). Note that none of those words have passed through Latin. However, arbuscle comes from the Latin root…

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