Noun: alveolus
| Singular | alveolus |
| Plural | alveoli |
Sample Sentences
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The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands. [1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:]
Nouns inflected like alveolus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlósder.
3. Proto-Italic *aulos?
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.
5. Proto-Indo-European *-wósder.
6. Proto-Italic *alwos?
7. Latin alvus
8. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
9. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
10. Proto-Italic *-ejos
11. Proto-Italic *-eos
12. Latin -eus
13. Latin alveus
14. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
15. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
16. Proto-Italic *-elos
17. Latin -ulus
18. Latin -olus
19. Latin alveolusbor.
20. English alveolus
21. Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”). See: Latin Nouns '
alveolus'.
Verbs referencing "alveolus"
Finnish Nouns
alveoli.