Where does “uncinatum” come from?
uncinatum (English) comes from Latin uncinatus, from Latin uncinus, 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...
uncinatum (English): The hamate bone
Definitions
- The hamate bone
Ancestry of “uncinatum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | uncinatus | bearing hooks, barbed |
| 2 | Latin | uncinus | hook, barb |
| 3 | Latin | uncus | hook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the... |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |