English
supercilium
Supercilium comes from Latin supercilium ‘eyebrow’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupercilium‘eyebrow’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupercilium‘eyebrow’
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of super ‘[of place] above’ + super- + cilium ‘eyelid’
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘above’
Proto-Italic *super ‘above’
Latin super ‘[of place] above’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom
Proto-Italic *keljom
Latin cilium ‘eyelid’
Every English word from Latin supercilium
Today it means
noun The region of the eyebrows.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin supercilium / supercilium