English
forceps
Forceps may come from Latin forceps ‘tongs, pincers, forceps’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforceps‘tongs, pincers, forceps’uncertain
- Englishtodayforceps
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforceps‘tongs, pincers, forceps’uncertain
- Englishtodayforceps
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘warm, hot’
warm, thermal, gore, furnace, gory, thermos, garlick, 18 more
Today it means
noun An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin forceps / forceps