Where does “ungulat” come from?

ungulat (Romanian) comes from Translingual Ungulata, from Latin ungulātus, from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

ungulat (Romanian): ungulates

Definitions

  1. ungulates

Ancestry of “ungulat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualUngulataorder
2Latinungulātushaving hoof or claw, 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 →