umbilicus — another word, perhaps the original word, for “belly button” or “navel”
ombligo — the Spanish cognate of the same meaning
I realize that at first sight, these two words may not look similar enough, but they both come from Latin’s umbilicus and they both refer to the “belly button,” or the mark on our bodies that …
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