English
cusp
Cusp comes from Latin cuspis ‘a point, spear, pointed end’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcuspis‘a point, spear, pointed end’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012cusp
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcuspis‘a point, spear, pointed end’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012cusp
Earliest quotation: 2012, Jonathan Jurejko, Newcastle 3-0 Stoke: “Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’
spike, spine, spinal, spinach, spire, asp, spina, spigot, buckthorn, spica, aspic, 28 more
Today it means
noun A sharp point or pointed end.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cuspis / cusp