Etymograph

English

cingulum

Cingulum comes from Latin cingulum ‘girdle’, and goes back to cingō ‘to gird’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcingō1‘to gird’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcingulum1‘girdle’
  3. Englishtodaycingulum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English cingulum

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcingōWiktionary, English cingulum‘to gird’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcingulumWiktionary, English cingulum‘girdle’
  3. EnglishtodaycingulumWiktionary, English cingulum

Linked words

through Latin cingō ‘to gird’

shingle, 7 more

through Latin cingulum ‘girdle’

shingles, cinch, 3 more

Today it means

noun The girdle of an alb.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cingulum”. 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.

Etymograph / Latin cingō / cingulum

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