Ovine
/ˈoʊ.vaɪn/noun
Relating to sheep.
Did you know?Ovine comes from Latin ovis, “sheep,” a root that also gave English the rare word ewe and the scientific-sounding adjective ovine used in biology and veterinary medicine.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃ówis
“sheep”
Latin
Latin
ovis
“sheep”
Late Latin
Latin
ovīnus
“of sheep, sheep-like”
14th Century
English
ovine
“sheep-like; relating to sheep”