Where does “uncini” come from?

uncini (Latin) comes from Latin uncinus, 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...

uncini (Latin): nominative plural of uncīnus; genitive singular...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of uncīnus; genitive singular...

Ancestry of “uncini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinuncinushook, barb
2Latinuncushook, barb; a hook used to drag criminals by the...
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-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 →