English
ungulate
Ungulate comes from Late Latin ungulātus ‘having hooves or claws, ungulate’, and goes back to Latin ungula ‘hoof’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEungula‘hoof’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEungulātus‘having hooves or claws, ungulate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866ungulate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEungula‘hoof’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEungulātus‘having hooves or claws, ungulate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1866ungulate
Earliest quotation: 1866, Andrew Murray, The geographical distribution of mammals: “When Owen wrote his description there was no evidence…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-
Today it means
adj Having hooves.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ungula / ungulate