English
hamose
Hamose comes from Latin hāmōsus ‘hooklike, hooky’, and goes back to hāmus ‘hook’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmus‘hook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmōsus‘hooklike, hooky’
- Englishtodayhamose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmus‘hook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmōsus‘hooklike, hooky’
- Englishtodayhamose
Every English word from Latin hāmus
Today it means
adj Having the end hooked or curved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hāmus / hamose