English
accipiter
Accipiter comes from Latin accipiter ‘hawk’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccipiter‘hawk’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaccipiter‘hawk’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin accipiter
Today it means
noun Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin accipiter / accipiter