English
curculio
Curculio comes from Latin curculiō ‘weevil’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurculiō‘weevil’
- mulmodernCurculio
- Englishtodaycurculio
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurculiō‘weevil’
- mulmodernCurculio
- Englishtodaycurculio
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend, curve, turn’
short, across, share, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, circle, crucial, scare, circuit, skirt, carnival, scar, scrutiny, shrine, curve, crest, cancellation, circus, corona, shear, circulation, circa, shred, carnage, curb, raffle, scorpion, corolla, scorn, shrewd, incarceration, crux, shard, carcinoma, carnal, cirque, 119 more
Today it means
noun Any of the genus Curculio of weevils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin curculiō / curculio