Etymograph

English

hamiform

Hamiform may come from Latin hāmiformis ‘hook-shaped, hamiform’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmiformis‘hook-shaped, hamiform’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1842hamiform

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmiformis‘hook-shaped, hamiform’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1842hamiform

Earliest quotation: 1842, George Brettingham Sowerby, A Conchological Manual: “HAMIFORM. (Hamus, a hook.) Curved at the extremity.”

first attested First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (“hook”), with the English -form (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in glossaries in 1842 and first used in 1870; either directly from the Latin hāmiformis (1651, 1806) or formed from the suffixation of its etymon, hāmus (‘hook’), with the English -form.

Every English word from Latin hāmiformis

Today it means

adj Curved at the extremity.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin hāmiformis / hamiform

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