Etymograph

English

jugulum

Jugulum comes from New Latin jugulum ‘the collarbone’, and goes back to jugum.

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900jugum‘a yoke, collar’
  2. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900jugulum‘the collarbone’diminutive of jugum
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2004same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900jugum‘a yoke, collar’
  2. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900jugulum‘the collarbone’diminutive of jugum
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2004same form

Earliest quotation: 2004, George Saintsbury, History Of English Criticism: “The jugulum at which to aim is the use…”

Linked words

through New Latin jugum ‘a yoke, collar’

jug, 4 more

Today it means

noun The neck or throat.

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

Etymograph / New Latin jugum / jugulum

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