Etymograph

English

lirated

Lirated comes from Latin līra ‘the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge’, from Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ ‘following, track’, and ultimately from *leys-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leys-1‘track, furrow, trace, trail’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóyseh₂1‘following, track’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*loizā1‘furrow’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīra2‘the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1878lirated2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin lira
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English lirated
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1878, Zoological Society of London: “Last whorl excavated beneath, finely lirated, and of a…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leys-Wiktionary, Latin lira‘track, furrow, trace, trail’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóyseh₂Wiktionary, Latin lira‘following, track’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*loizāWiktionary, Latin lira‘furrow’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElīraWiktionary, English lirated‘the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1878liratedWiktionary, English lirated. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1878, Zoological Society of London: “Last whorl excavated beneath, finely lirated, and of a…”

Formed from līra + -ated

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘track, furrow, trace, trail’

last, less, learn, list, lore, leer, 7 more

through Latin līra ‘the earth thrown up between two furrows, a ridge’

delirium, 5 more

Today it means

adj Marked with fine lines, ridges, or grooves; furnished with transverse ridges (often used in the description of shells).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “lirated”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin lira. 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 *leys- / lirated

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