Where does “ungulate” come from?

ungulate (Italian) comes from Italian ungulato, from Late Latin ungulatus, from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

ungulate (Italian): feminine plural of ungulato

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of ungulato

Ancestry of “ungulate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianungulatoungulate
2Late Latinungulatushaving hooves or claws, ungulate
3Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
4Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →Every word from Latin unguis →Every word from Latin ungula →