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