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Where does “cultriform” come from?

cultriform (English) comes from Latin culter, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

cultriform (English): Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate

Ancestry of “cultriform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinculterknife; razor
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
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