English
caniform
Caniform comes from Latin canis ‘dog’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱwṓ‘dog’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanis‘dog’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997caniform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱwṓ‘dog’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanis‘dog’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997caniform
Earliest quotation: 1997, Peter D. Ward: “Modern carnivores appeared as well, diverging into the feliforms…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’
hound, cynical, poodle, cynic, 9 more
through Latin canis ‘dog’
Today it means
adj Characteristic of, or relating to the Caniformia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ / caniform