English
latisternal
Latisternal comes from Latin latus ‘broad’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatus‘broad’
- Englishtodaylatisternal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElatus‘broad’
- Englishtodaylatisternal
Linked words
through Latin latus ‘broad’
le, latitude, collateral, lateral, dilate, dilatation, 10 more
Today it means
adj Having a broad breastbone, or sternum (said of Pithecina, a former taxonomic classification that is now probably Pitheciidae or Pithecia)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin latus / latisternal