Where does “cinctus” come from?

cinctus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- — to hang.

cinctus (Latin): surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded

Definitions

  1. surrounded, encircled, having been surrounded

Ancestry of “cinctus”, step by step

cinctus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ḱenk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

via Latin cingō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincingōto surround, circle, ring, encircle

Words derived from “cinctus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk- →