English
cervix
Cervix comes from Latin cervīx ‘neck’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcervīx‘neck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1979cervix
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcervīx‘neck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1979cervix
Earliest quotation: 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold: “I put my hands on Madeleine's hot cheeks, making…”
Every English word from Latin cervīx
Today it means
noun The neck.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cervīx / cervix