cuneus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- wedge, wedge shape
- (military) troops arrayed in a wedge formation
- (military) an army
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (sting).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ḱū
Gloss
sting
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cuneo English
- coign English
- coigne English
- conodont English
- conure English
- cuneus English
- precuneus English
- *cunea Latin
- conus Latin
- cuneatim Latin
- cuneiformis Latin
- cuneifōrmis Latin
- cuneo Latin
- cunnilingus Latin
- cunnus Latin
- cōnus Latin
- Kegel German
- Kegelbahn German
- Kegelstumpf German
- Leitkegel German
- kegelförmig German
- kegeln German
- Cuneo Italian
- conio Italian
- conno Italian
- controconio Italian
- cuneense Italian
- cuneese Italian
- cuneiforme Italian
- cuneo Italian
- coin French
- con French
- cunnilingus French
- cunéiforme French
- acuñar Spanish, Castilian
- coño Spanish, Castilian
- cuneiforme Spanish, Castilian
- cuña Spanish, Castilian
- cuño Spanish, Castilian
- intercuneiforme Spanish, Castilian
- κῶνος Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱū Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱeh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- cona Portuguese
- cono Portuguese
- coigne Middle English
- coyn Middle English
- cúinne Irish
- coigne Old French
- coin Old French
- con Old French
- cony Catalan, Valencian
- cuny Catalan, Valencian
- encunyar Catalan, Valencian
- chapacuña Galician
- cuña Galician
- cuño Galician
- cui Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cuișor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cont Welsh
- cŷn Welsh
- chegil Old High German
- couongnet Norman
- kunj Albanian
- cono Old Portuguese
- cunna Old Portuguese
- cunj Aromanian
- coñu Asturian