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Where does “cornuate” come from?

cornuate (English) comes from Latin cornuātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.

cornuate (English): Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus

Definitions

  1. Horn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus

Ancestry of “cornuate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincornuātus—
2Latin-ātus—
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “cornuate”

  • bicornuate
  • unicornuate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →