English
curvinerved
Curvinerved comes from Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus‘bent, crooked, curved’
- Englishtodaycurvinerved
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus‘bent, crooked, curved’
- Englishtodaycurvinerved
The story
Latin curvus bent + English nerved.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend, curve, turn’
short, across, share, card, cross, screen, score, cancer, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, scare, skirt, carnival, circulation, circus, scar, cancellation, crest, scrutiny, circa, corona, shear, shrine, scorpion, carnage, raffle, corolla, shred, incarceration, scorn, shrewd, crux, circulate, carcinoma, shard, carnal, cirque, riddance, 116 more
through Proto-Italic *korwos
through Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’
Today it means
adj Having the ribs or veins of the curved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin curvus / curvinerved