English
alveus
Alveus comes from Latin alveus ‘hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub,…’, and goes back to alvus ‘the belly, paunch, bowels’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalvus‘the belly, paunch, bowels’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalveus‘hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalvus‘the belly, paunch, bowels’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalveus‘hollow trough-shaped vessel, trough, bath tub, hull, hold, ship, boat, channel or bed’
- Englishtodaysame form
first attested First attested in the late 17th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the late 17th century in an earlier sense.
Every English word from Latin alvus
Today it means
noun The bed or channel of a river, especially when the river is flowing in its natural or ordinary course; (also) the trough of the sea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin alvus / alveus