Sulcate
/ˈsʌl.keɪt/noun
Marked by grooves, furrows, or channels.
Did you know?Sulcate comes from the same Latin word for a plowed furrow, and Romans used ritual furrows to mark sacred or legally significant boundaries.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*selk-
“To cut, plow, or make a furrow.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ὅλκος (hólkos)
“A furrow or groove.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sulcus
“A furrow, trench, groove, or plowed line.”
Late Latin
Latin
sulcatus
“Furrowed or grooved; literally, provided with furrows.”
17th Century
New Latin
sulcatus
“Adopted in scientific and anatomical terminology for grooved structures.”
Modern English
English
sulcate
“Having grooves, channels, or furrows.”