Cervid
/ˈsɝːvɪd/noun
A deer or an animal belonging to the deer family (Cervidae).
Did you know?Cervid comes from Latin cervus, meaning “deer,” ultimately from the same Indo-European root that gave Greek kéras (“horn”), linking deer to the ancient idea of antlers as horns.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱer-
“a horn or antler”
Ancient Greek
Greek
kéras
“horn”
Latin
Latin
cervus
“deer”
Late Latin
Latin
cervinus
“of a deer; deer-like”
19th Century
English
cervid
“a member of the deer family”