Etymograph

English

curvity

Curvity comes from Latin curvus ‘bent’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend, curve, turn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-1‘to bend, curve, turn’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kr̥wós1uncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korwos1uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvus2‘bent’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvitas2
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1669curvity2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin curvus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English curvity
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1669, William Holder: “the joyned ends of that Bone, and the Incus…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-Wiktionary, Latin curvus‘to bend, curve, turn’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kr̥wósWiktionary, Latin curvusuncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korwosWiktionary, Latin curvusuncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvusWiktionary, English curvity‘bent’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurvitasWiktionary, English curvity
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1669curvityWiktionary, English curvity. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1669, William Holder: “the joyned ends of that Bone, and the Incus…”

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Italic *korwos

corvus, recurve, 17 more

through Latin curvus ‘bent’

curve, curb, 14 more

Today it means

noun The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “curvity”; 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- / curvity

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