acervuline

Questions

How do you pronounce acervuline?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɝvjəˌlin/.

What does acervuline mean?

Resembling little heaps; pertaining to the specific epithet acervulinus

Where does acervuline come from?

Etymology tree Latin acervus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English acervuline From Latin acervus (“heap”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix) + English -ine.

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