English
bicipital
Bicipital comes from Latin biceps ‘double-headed’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbiceps‘double-headed’
- Englishtodaybicipital
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbiceps‘double-headed’
- Englishtodaybicipital
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
two, doubt, vice, twin, duo, dual, vicious, duet, twain, dubious, disparate, twig, deuce, bes, 20 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘in two, twice, doubly’
defeat, diplomacy, betwixt, 11 more
through Proto-Italic *dwis ‘twice’
through Latin bis ‘twice’
through Latin biceps ‘double-headed’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to a biceps.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin biceps / bicipital