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Where does “uncinate” come from?

uncinate (English) comes from Latin uncīnātus, from Latin uncīnus, from Latin uncus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

uncinate (English): Hooked at the end; Hooked in form; possessing a...

Definitions

  1. Hooked at the end; Hooked in form; possessing a...

Ancestry of “uncinate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinuncīnātus—
2Latinuncīnus—
3Latinuncushook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the...
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “uncinate”

  • biuncinate
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