Where does “uncinus” come from?

uncinus (English) comes 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...

uncinus (English): A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like...

Definitions

  1. A cloud species which consists of fine hair-like...

Ancestry of “uncinus”, step by step

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