English
subclavian
Subclavian comes from Latin clavicula ‘collar bone, clavicle’, from clāvis ‘a key’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘a hook, crook, peg’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘a hook, crook, peg’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-i-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klāwis‘bolt, lock, bar’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāvis‘a key’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclavicula‘collar bone, clavicle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833subclavian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘a hook, crook, peg’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-i-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klāwis‘bolt, lock, bar’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclāvis‘a key’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclavicula‘collar bone, clavicle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833subclavian
Earliest quotation: 1833, R. J. Bertin, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart: “The carotids were in their natural state; the arteria…”
Formed from subclavius + -ian
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘a hook, crook, peg’
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Proto-Italic *klāwis ‘bolt, lock, bar’
Latin clāvis ‘a key’
Latin clavicula ‘collar bone, clavicle’
New Latin subclavius ‘under the clavicle’
English subclavius
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘a hook, crook, peg’
close, include, exclusive, inclusion, inclusive, closure, conclude, clause, exclude, cataract, preclude, recluse, sluice, occlusion, cloister, claustrophobia, cloture, 32 more
through Latin clāvis ‘a key’
enclave, conclave, clef, clave, 7 more
through Latin clavicula ‘collar bone, clavicle’
Today it means
adj Relating to or denoting an artery or vein which serves the neck and arm on the left or right side of the body.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / subclavian