English
cubic
Cubic comes from Middle French cubique.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cubique
- Englishearliest quotation 2019cubic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cubique
- Englishearliest quotation 2019cubic
Earliest quotation: 2019, VOA Learning English: “On one recent day, officials said the fine dust…”
Every English word from Middle French cubique
Today it means
adj Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French cubique / cubic