Etymograph

English

camptodromous

Camptodromous comes from Ancient Greek καμπτός ‘bent’, from κάμπτω ‘to bend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂emp-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kámptōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκάμπτω‘to bend’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαμπτόςkamptós‘bent’
  5. Englishtodaycamptodromous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂emp-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kámptōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκάμπτω‘to bend’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαμπτόςkamptós‘bent’
  5. Englishtodaycamptodromous

Formed from -dromous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- ‘to bend, curve’

champagne, gam, jamb, gamba, 18 more

Today it means

adj in which the secondary veins curve toward the margins, in some cases becoming nearly parallel with them, and not reconnecting with other veins to form loops

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- / camptodromous

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