Etymograph

English

exungulate

Exungulate comes from Latin exungulare ‘to lose the hoof’, from ex ‘out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰs1‘out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eks1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex2‘out’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexungulare2‘to lose the hoof’
  5. Englishtodayexungulate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin ex
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English exungulate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰsWiktionary, Latin ex‘out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksWiktionary, Latin exreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexWiktionary, English exungulate‘out’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexungulareWiktionary, English exungulate‘to lose the hoof’
  5. EnglishtodayexungulateWiktionary, English exungulate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’

exotic, 8 more

through Proto-Italic *eks

elevator, elevation, expulsion, elevate, 16 more

through Latin ex ‘out’

ex, exchange, squash, extort, affray, extenuating, enunciation, excommunicate, 10 more

Today it means

verb To pare off (nails, the hoof, flowers etc.).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “exungulate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin ex. 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 *h₁eǵʰs / exungulate

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