Where does “curvate” come from?
curvate (English) comes from Latin curvatus, from Latin curvo, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
curvate (English): bent in a regular form; curved
Definitions
- bent in a regular form; curved
Ancestry of “curvate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | curvatus | crooked, bent, bowed, curved |
| 2 | Latin | curvo | I crook, bend, bow, curve; dative/ablative... |
| 3 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |