Where does “unicornuate” come from?

unicornuate (English) comes from English cornuate, from Latin cornuātus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

unicornuate (English): Resembling a single horn, as a malformed uterus...

Definitions

  1. Resembling a single horn, as a malformed uterus...

Ancestry of “unicornuate”, step by step

unicornuate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cornuate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcornuateHorn-shaped, as with a bicornuate uterus
2Latincornuātushorn-shaped, horn-like
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via English uni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishuniUniversity; Sea urchin eaten as sushi
2Japanese雲丹the food made from the roe of sea urchin,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin cornuātus →