Lamellae
/ləˈmɛliː/noun
Thin plates, scales, or layers, especially in anatomy, botany, or materials science.
Did you know?Lamellae is the plural of Latin lamella, a diminutive of lamina, showing how Latin built technical words by shrinking ordinary objects into precise scientific terms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lem-
“to peel, strip, or remove a thin layer”
Latin
Latin
lamina
“a thin plate, sheet, or layer of metal”
Latin
Latin
lamella
“a little plate or thin scale”
Late Latin
Latin
lamellae
“plural of lamella, thin plates or scales”
Modern English
English
lamellae
“thin plates, layers, or scales, especially in biological or geological contexts”
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