English
cuspidate
Cuspidate comes from Latin cuspis ‘point, tip’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcuspis‘point, tip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcuspidātus#Etymology 2
- Englishtodaycuspidate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcuspis‘point, tip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcuspidātus#Etymology 2
- Englishtodaycuspidate
first attested First attested in 1693 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1693; borrowed from Latin cuspidātus, from cuspis (‘point, tip’) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‘sharp point’
spike, spine, spinal, spinach, asp, spire, spina, spigot, buckthorn, spica, aspic, 28 more
Today it means
adj Having a cusp
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cuspis / cuspidate