English

hooknose

From hook + nose.

A compound of hook + nose

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Proto-West Germanic *nosu

Old English nosu

Middle English nose

English nose

Today it means

noun An aquiline nose.

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

Etymograph / hooknose