fontanelle
1 synonym for fontanelle, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A soft area on a baby's head, found where the skull bones have not yet joined up.
Synonyms
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fontanel
Etymology
Taken from French fontanelle, which came from Old French fontenelle, a diminutive formed from fontaine (“fountain, spring”) and -elle; this in turn goes back to Late Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from font- and -ānus. Analysed at surface level, it breaks down as font + -an + -elle.
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