verruca

English

/vəˈɹuːkə/, /vɛˈɹuːkə/

noun

Definitions

(pathology) A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a .
(mycology) A rounded projection or wart.
(botany) A sexine element similar to a wart.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verrūca (wart, steep place, height, heights).

Origin

Latin

verrūca

Gloss

wart, steep place, height, heights

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

verruciform English
verrucous English
verrūca Latin
verrue French
verruga Spanish, Castilian
*wers- Proto-Indo-European
barroco Portuguese
verruga Portuguese
veruko Esperanto