Pronounced: sah-MAH-ruh, noun
Notes: Not only did I not know our word, I didn’t know a word in the definition
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The word os is
- a mount or an orifice (the plural is ora)
- a bone (the plural is ossa)
First usage
The first definition came into English in the mid-1800s; the second definition came into English in the early 1400s
Background / Comments
The first definition came from the Latin word os (mouth). The second definition came from the Latin word ōs (bone).
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