English
gingival
Gingival comes from New Latin gingīvālis ‘a specific epithet for several organisms…’, and goes back to Latin gingīva ‘gum(s)’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgingīva‘gum(s)’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900gingīvālis‘a specific epithet for several organisms associated with the gums’
- Englishtodaygingival
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgingīva‘gum(s)’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900gingīvālis‘a specific epithet for several organisms associated with the gums’
- Englishtodaygingival
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- ‘to chew’
Today it means
adj Relating to the gums.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gingīva / gingival