Etymograph

English

curviserial

Curviserial comes from Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus‘bent, crooked, curved’
  2. Englishtodaycurviserial

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus‘bent, crooked, curved’
  2. Englishtodaycurviserial

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend, curve, turn’

short, across, share, card, cross, screen, score, cancer, shirt, circle, circuit, scare, crucial, skirt, circulation, circus, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, carnival, crest, circa, shrine, corona, shear, scorpion, shred, carnage, incarceration, raffle, carcinoma, corolla, scorn, shrewd, crux, circulate, shard, cirque, crepe, carnivorous, 116 more

through Proto-Italic *korwos

corvus, recurve, 17 more

through Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’

curve, curb, 14 more

Today it means

adj Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin curvus / curviserial

Shirt and support for this word