lamella Latin · revision 9171

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lāmella''' ''f'' (genitive lāmellae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[lāmina]] “thin plate” with the suffix ⟨-la⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Vitruvius, whom he dates c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a thin metal plate, as in Vitruvius, and Seneca has ''paucae lāmellae argentī'' “a few small silver coins”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ The TLL traces Old French ''lemele'' “blade” and northern Italian dialect forms to it.^(TLL) Old French ''la lemelle'', misdivided as ''l'alemelle'', is probably the source of French ''omelette'' and [[en|omelet]], from the thin, flat shape.^(Etymonline) English took [[m|en|lamella]] in the 1670s, “a thin plate or scale”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of coins.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1670s – English ''lamella'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A thin metal plate.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A small coin.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lāmellula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lāmina]]

+ * [[en|lamella]]

+ * [[en|omelet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}