Etymograph

English

curviform

Curviform comes from Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus1‘bent, crooked, curved’
  2. Englishtodaycurviform1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English curviform

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvusWiktionary, English curviform‘bent, crooked, curved’
  2. EnglishtodaycurviformWiktionary, English curviform

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend, curve, turn’

across, share, short, card, cross, cancer, screen, score, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, scare, skirt, carnival, circulation, circus, scar, cancellation, scrutiny, shrine, crest, circa, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, coronary, corona, scorpion, raffle, carcinoma, shrewd, crux, circulate, shard, corolla, carnal, cirque, scorn, 115 more

through Proto-Italic *korwos

corvus, recurve, 17 more

through Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’

curve, curb, 14 more

Today it means

adj Having a curved shape.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “curviform”. 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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