Where does “uncus” come from?

uncus (English) comes 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...

uncus (English): A hook or claw; Hence, any body part which is...

Definitions

  1. A hook or claw; Hence, any body part which is...

Ancestry of “uncus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinuncushook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the...
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-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 →