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volucer

Pronunciation: [ˈwɔ.ɫʊ.kɛr]

“volucer” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. winged
  2. flying; able to fly

Etymology

From volō, volāre (“to fly”). The masculine nominative singular form is derived by syncope from pre-Latin *wolukris, which probably developed by dissimilation from earlier *woluklis or *weluklis, with a suffix ultimately derived from pre-Proto-Italic *-tlis, *-tl-, a variant of the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr (suffix forming agent nouns), related to Latin -tor. Compare alacer and…

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