myEtymology.com: English etymology of unciform

Etymology of the English word unciform

the English word unciform

derived from the Latin word forma (form; shape, likeness; form, likeness; shape, form; form, figure, appearance)

derived from the Greek word forma

derived from the Latin word hamatus (hook-shaped; hooked)

derived from the Classical Latin word hamus (hook; hook; barb of an arrow; spike)

using the Latin suffix -atus

derived from the New Latin word unciformis

derived from the Classical Latin word uncus (hook; hook, barb, clamp; hooked, curved, bent in)

derived from the Greek word kerkos, κέρκος

derived from the Greek word onkos, ὄγκος (a mass (as bending or bulging by its load); burden (hindrance))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nek-

The earliest known usage of unciform in English dates from the 18th century.

Word found in Modern English