Incurvate
/ɪnˈkɜːr.veɪt/noun
To bend or curve inward; to make something arch or bow inward.
Did you know?Incurvate comes from Latin *incurvare*, built from *in-* (“in, into”) + *curvare* (“to bend”), and its root is the same ancient bending force behind words like *curve* and *curvature*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to bend, turn”
Latin
Latin
curvus
“bent, curved”
Latin
Latin
incurvare
“to bend inward; to arch”
Late Middle English
English
incurven
“to bend inward”
Modern English
English
incurvate
“to bend or curve inward”