Where does “cuneate” come from?
cuneate (Italian) comes from Italian cuneato, from Latin cuneatus, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
cuneate (Italian): feminine plural of cuneato
Definitions
- feminine plural of cuneato
Ancestry of “cuneate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cuneato | wedge-shaped; cuneate |
| 2 | Latin | cuneatus | wedged; wedge-shaped |
| 3 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |