Etymograph

English

osculatrix

Osculatrix comes from Latin osculor ‘to kiss’, from ōs ‘mouth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óh₃s‘mouth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ōs‘mouth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōs‘mouth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōsculum‘a kiss’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEosculor‘to kiss’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900osculātrīxliterally ‘female kisser’
  7. Englishtodayosculatrix

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁óh₃s‘mouth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ōs‘mouth’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōs‘mouth’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEōsculum‘a kiss’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEosculor‘to kiss’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900osculātrīxliterally ‘female kisser’
  7. Englishtodayosculatrix

Linked words

through Latin ōs ‘mouth’

oral, os, regatta, 17 more

Today it means

noun A curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁óh₃s / osculatrix

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