Where does “culverin” come from?

culverin (English) comes from Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

culverin (English): A kind of handgun; A large cannon

Definitions

  1. A kind of handgun; A large cannon

Ancestry of “culverin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishculveryneculverin cannon
2Old Frenchcoulevrine—
3Latincolubraa female snake, serpent; snake, serpent
4Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
5Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “culverin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin colubra →