Where does “serpenticone” come from?

serpenticone (English) comes from English serpent, from Middle English serpent.

serpenticone (English): An organism or fossil with a serpenticonic shell, or the shell itself

Definitions

  1. An organism or fossil with a serpenticonic shell, or the shell itself

Ancestry of “serpenticone”, step by step

serpenticone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English serpent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishserpentA snake; An obsolete wind instrument in the brass...
2Middle Englishserpent—

via English Cone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishConeA surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line
2Middle Englishcone—
Every word from Middle English serpent →
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