English
gymnure
Gymnure comes from New Latin Gymnura.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900Gymnura
- Englishearliest quotation 2022gymnure
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900Gymnura
- Englishearliest quotation 2022gymnure
Earliest quotation: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds: “Unlike hedgehogs, all gymnures produce a strong ammoniac smell…”
A compound of γυμνός ‘naked’ + οὐρά ‘tail’
Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- ‘to be naked’
Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós ‘naked’
Proto-Indo-European *nogʷnós
Proto-Hellenic *gumnós ‘naked, nude’
Ancient Greek γυμνός ‘naked’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘tail, butt’
Ancient Greek οὐρά ‘tail’
Every English word from New Latin Gymnura
Today it means
noun A small carnivorous mammal, subfamily Galericinae, related to the hedgehogs and resembling a large rat, which inhabits various parts of Southeast Asia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin Gymnura / gymnure