English
ringent
Ringent comes from Latin ringor ‘to open wide’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEringoras ringi‘to open wide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEringens
- Englishearliest quotation 1979ringent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEringoras ringi‘to open wide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEringens
- Englishearliest quotation 1979ringent
Earliest quotation: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree: “Ringent pools of gas kept erupting in oily eyes…”.
Every English word from Latin ringor
Today it means
adj Having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ringor / ringent