English
funicular
Funicular comes from Latin fūniculus ‘thinner cord’, and goes back to fūnis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnis‘rope, cord’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūniculus‘thinner cord’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021funicular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnis‘rope, cord’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūniculus‘thinner cord’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021funicular
Earliest quotation: 2021, Dr Joseph Brennan, Spectacular funiculars: “England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is…”
Equivalent to funiculus + -ar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to bind’
band, bond, bend, banner, bind, bundle, bonnet, tulip, bund, 22 more
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fūnis / funicular