English
verticillus
Verticillus comes from Latin verticillus ‘whirl’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEverticillus‘whirl’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEverticillus‘whirl’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin verticillus
Today it means
noun A whorl; a verticil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin verticillus / verticillus