Where does “culverin” come from?
culverin (Dutch) comes from Old French coulevrine, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
culverin (Dutch): culverin, a kind of handgun
Definitions
- culverin, a kind of handgun
Ancestry of “culverin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | coulevrine | — |
| 2 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |