English
fornix
Fornix comes from Latin fornix ‘an arch, vault’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornix‘an arch, vault’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfornix‘an arch, vault’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin fornix
Today it means
noun An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fornix / fornix