Etymograph

English

funicle

Funicle comes from Latin fūniculus ‘cord’, and goes back to fūnis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnis1‘cord’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūniculus1‘cord’
  3. Englishtodayfunicle1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English funicle

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūnisWiktionary, English funicle‘cord’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūniculusWiktionary, English funicle‘cord’
  3. EnglishtodayfunicleWiktionary, English funicle

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ‘to bind’

band, bond, bend, banner, bind, bundle, bonnet, tulip, bund, 22 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of funiculus.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “funicle”. 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 fūnis / funicle

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