Falciform
/ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːrm/noun
Shaped like a sickle or curved blade.
Did you know?Falciform comes from Latin falx, the sickle, a root that also helped shape words for cutting tools and even the deadly imagery of harvest, death, and reaping.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰel-
“to strike, split, or cut”
Latin
Latin
falx
“a sickle, scythe, or curved blade”
Late Latin
Latin
falciformis
“sickle-shaped”
Middle English
English
falciform
“shaped like a sickle”
Modern English
English
falciform
“curved like a sickle; sickle-shaped”
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