Etymograph

English

sulciform

Sulciform comes from Latin sulcus ‘groove’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *selk- ‘to pull, drag’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*selk-1‘to pull, drag’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsulcus2‘groove’
  3. Englishtodaysulciform2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sulcus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sulciform

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*selk-Wiktionary, Latin sulcus‘to pull, drag’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsulcusWiktionary, English sulciform‘groove’
  3. EnglishtodaysulciformWiktionary, English sulciform

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *selk- ‘to pull, drag’

seal, 5 more

through Latin sulcus ‘groove’

sulk, sulcus, 1 more

Today it means

adj Having the form of a sulcus.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sulciform”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sulcus. 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 *selk- / sulciform

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