Etymograph

English

ciconine

Ciconine comes from Latin ciconia ‘stork’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEciconia1‘stork’
  2. Englishtodayciconine1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English ciconine

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEciconiaWiktionary, English ciconine‘stork’
  2. EnglishtodayciconineWiktionary, English ciconine

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- ‘to sing’

cant, accent, incentive, chant, shanty, bazooka, chanson, 54 more

Today it means

adj Pertaining to storks.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ciconine”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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