Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea. · A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
Borrowed from Latin alveus (“hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed (of a river or trench), beehive”). First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense.
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- Borrowed-form mentionalveusla
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