cuneus
English
noun
Definitions
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cuneus (wedge).
Origin
Latin
cuneus
Gloss
wedge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- precuneus English
- *cunea Latin
- cuneatim Latin
- cuneiformis Latin
- cuneifōrmis Latin
- cuneo Latin
- cuneus Latin
- Cuneo Italian
- conio Italian
- cuneo Italian
- cuneiforme Spanish, Castilian
- cuño Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ḱū Proto-Indo-European
- coigne Old French
- coin Old French
- cuny Catalan, Valencian
- encunyar Catalan, Valencian
- cuña Galician
- cuño Galician
- cui Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cŷn Welsh
- kunj Albanian
- cunj Aromanian