English
pulvinar
Pulvinar comes from Latin pulvīnar ‘a cushion’, from pulvīnus ‘pillow’, and ultimately from pulvis ‘dust, powder’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvis‘dust, powder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvīnus‘pillow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvīnar‘a cushion’
- Englishtodaypulvinar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvis‘dust, powder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvīnus‘pillow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvīnar‘a cushion’
- Englishtodaypulvinar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘flour, dust’
film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, fold, complain, repeal, pulse, flaw, pollen, palate, expel, repel, palpable, palladium, propel, palatable, compulsive, pall, pelt, wallow, peloton, polemic, tuple, palatal, muffle, apoplexy, peplum, palp, pillion, pollinate, interpolate, 62 more
through Latin pulvis ‘dust, powder’
through Latin pulvīnus ‘pillow’
Today it means
noun A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pulvis / pulvinar