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cella

Pronunciation: [ˈkɛl.la]

“cella” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a small room, a hut, storeroom
  2. a barn, granary
  3. the part of a temple where the image of a god stood; altar, sanctuary, shrine, pantry

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”), although the specific formation is uncertain. De Vaan posits as possible Proto-Italic forms *kēli- and *kēlā-. He suggests that the latter may have yielded cella by the Latin littera rule, whereby a long vowel followed by a single consonant was replaced by a short vowel followed by a geminate consonant. He also considers a diminutive…

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