English
fusiform
Fusiform comes from Latin fusus ‘spindle’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘spindle’
- Englishtodayfusiform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘spindle’
- Englishtodayfusiform
Formed from -iform
Linked words
through Latin fusus ‘spindle’
Today it means
adj Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fusus / fusiform