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salvatella

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sal-vatel-la
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin salvatella, misread from salacella, misread from salaseilem, misread from alaseilem, from Arabic الْأُسَيْلِم (al-ʔusaylim).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: salvatella, أسيلم

Inflected Forms

salvatellae (plural)

Questions

What does salvatella mean?
The dorsal vein of the little finger, bleeding from which was anciently held to be a treatment for melancholy.
Where does salvatella come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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