Pronounced: DIE-vuh-gate, verb
Notes: A new word for me
Yesterday’s word
The word arterious means “of, or relating to, the arteries or a main road or channel”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
I would have guessed that our word meant relating to the arteries in the body; it wasn’t until after I read the definition that I remembered that “artery” can also refer to roads… and apparently channels as well. Our word came from the Latin word arteria, which came from the Greek word arteria (windpipe; artery). Oh, and astute readers will note that our word is another one that has all of the vowels in order.
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