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uvula (n.)
late 14c., from Late Latin
uvula
, from Latin
uvola
"small bunch of grapes," diminutive of
uva
"grape," from PIE root
*og-
"fruit, berry." So called from fancied resemblance of the organ to small grapes. Related:
Uvular
.
