Etymograph

English

suoid

Suoid comes from Latin sūs ‘swine’, from Proto-Italic *sūs ‘pig’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suH-‘pig, hog, swine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sūs‘pig’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūs‘swine’
  4. Englishtodaysuoid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suH-‘pig, hog, swine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sūs‘pig’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūs‘swine’
  4. Englishtodaysuoid

Formed from sūs ‘swine’ + -oid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *suH- ‘pig, hog, swine’

swine, sow, hyena, 6 more

Today it means

noun A member of the clade Suoidea

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *suH- / suoid

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