Where does “tricurvate” come from?

tricurvate (English) comes from English curvate, 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- — army.

tricurvate (English): Curved in three directions

Definitions

  1. Curved in three directions

Ancestry of “tricurvate”, step by step

tricurvate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English curvate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcurvatebent in a regular form; curved
2Latincurvatuscrooked, bent, bowed, curved
3LatincurvoI crook, bend, bow, curve; dative/ablative...
4Latincurvusbent, crooked, curved
5Proto-Italickorwos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-