English
colubrid
Colubrid comes from Latin coluber ‘snake’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoluber‘snake’
- mulmodernColuber
- mul, derivedmodernColubridae
- Englishtodaycolubrid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoluber‘snake’
- mulmodernColuber
- mul, derivedmodernColubridae
- Englishtodaycolubrid
Linked words
through Latin coluber ‘snake’
Today it means
noun Any snake in the family Colubridae, completely covered in scales and mostly nonvenomous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin coluber / colubrid