Etymograph

English

falcata

Falcata comes from Spanish falcata ‘sickle-shaped’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- ‘to sting’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰelg-‘to sting’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfalx‘sickle, scythe’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfalcātus‘curved, hooked, sickle-shaped’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentfalcata‘sickle-shaped’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰelg-‘to sting’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfalx‘sickle, scythe’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfalcātus‘curved, hooked, sickle-shaped’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentfalcata‘sickle-shaped’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin falx ‘sickle, scythe’

falciparum, falchion, 8 more

Today it means

noun A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- / falcata

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