clavis

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • key
  • lever or bar for tightening a screw press

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *klāwis (lock, bolt, bar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- (nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors, key, hook) derived from Ancient Greek κλείς (key, bolt, bar, a bar, catch, clavicle, collarbone, something used to lock and unlock) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kleh₂w-

Gloss

hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook

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