English

lobule

From lobe + -ule (diminutive suffix).

Formed from lobe + ule

Ancient Greek λοβός ‘the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod…’

New Latin lobus ‘a lobe’

Middle French lobe

English lobe

Classical Nahuatl ōlli ‘latex’

Spanish hule ‘natural rubber’

English ule

Today it means

noun Diminutive of lobe: A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.

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