English
jyngine
Jyngine comes from Latin iynx ‘wryneck’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ῐ̓́ῠ̈γξ.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓́ῠ̈γξ‘wryneck’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiynx‘wryneck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988jyngine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓́ῠ̈γξ‘wryneck’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiynx‘wryneck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988jyngine
Earliest quotation: 1988, Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemosloveni: “This agrees well with the more primitive structural organization…”
The story
Formed as the Latin iynx (‘wryneck’) + the English -ine (‘of or pertaining to; like’), as if after Latin **jyngīnus.
Linked words
through Latin iynx ‘wryneck’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the Jynx genus; pertaining to or characteristic of the wryneck.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῐ̓́ῠ̈γξ / jyngine