English
curvinerved
Curvinerved comes from Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-1‘to bend, curve, turn’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kr̥wós1uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korwos1uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus2‘bent, crooked, curved’
- Englishtodaycurvinerved2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin curvus
- 2 Wiktionary, English curvinerved
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Latin curvus‘to bend, curve, turn’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kr̥wósWiktionary, Latin curvusuncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korwosWiktionary, Latin curvusuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvusWiktionary, English curvinerved‘bent, crooked, curved’
- EnglishtodaycurvinervedWiktionary, English curvinerved
The story
Latin curvus bent + English nerved.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend, curve, turn’
short, across, share, card, cross, screen, score, cancer, shirt, circle, circuit, crucial, scare, skirt, carnival, circulation, circus, scar, cancellation, crest, scrutiny, circa, corona, shear, shrine, scorpion, carnage, raffle, corolla, shred, incarceration, scorn, shrewd, crux, circulate, carcinoma, shard, carnal, cirque, riddance, 115 more
through Proto-Italic *korwos
through Latin curvus ‘bent, crooked, curved’
Today it means
adj Having the ribs or veins of the curved.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “curvinerved”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin curvus. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / curvinerved