Cuneate
/ˈkjuːni.eɪt/noun
Wedge-shaped; tapering to a point.
Did you know?Cuneate comes from Latin cuneus, a wedge, and that same ancient wedge-root also gave English a word for the wedge itself, plus terms in science for wedge-shaped forms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keu-
“to bend, curve, or swell into a rounded or pointed form”
Latin
Latin
cuneus
“wedge”
Late Latin
Latin
cuneatus
“made wedge-shaped; tapering like a wedge”
16th Century
English
cuneate
“wedge-shaped, especially in botanical and anatomical description”
Modern English
English
cuneate
“wedge-shaped”
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