English
cuneiform
Cuneiform may come from French cunéiforme.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcunéiformeuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1889cuneiform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcunéiformeuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1889cuneiform
Earliest quotation: 1889, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, New Fire Among the Iroquois: “About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch…”
Linked words
through Latin cuneus ‘wedge’
Today it means
adj Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French cunéiforme / cuneiform