English
sinuous
Sinuous comes from Latin sinuōsus ‘winding, sinuous’, and goes back to sinus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinuōsus‘winding, sinuous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862sinuous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsinuōsus‘winding, sinuous’
- Englishearliest quotation 1862sinuous
Earliest quotation: 1862, Robert Mallet, London: Chapman & Hall: “[W]hen a transverse, or, within certain limits, an oblique…”
Linked words
through Latin sinus
Today it means
adj Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sinus / sinuous