rostrum
Latin
noun
Definitions
- bill or beak of a bird
- snout or muzzle of an animal
- (nautical) prow of a ship
- a stage or platform for speaking in the forum
Etymology
Suffix from Latin rōdō (gnaw, consume, I gnaw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁d- (scratch, gnaw, scrape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*reh₁d-
Gloss
scratch, gnaw, scrape
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abrodo Latin
- acutirostris Latin
- acutus Latin
- albi Latin
- albirostris Latin
- alti Latin
- altirostris Latin
- brevirostris Latin
- brevis Latin
- corrodo Latin
- crassirostris Latin
- crassus Latin
- erodo Latin
- ferreorostris Latin
- ferreus Latin
- gibbi Latin
- gibbirostris Latin
- glabrirostris Latin
- glabritas Latin
- longirostris Latin
- longus Latin
- radula Latin
- rallum Latin
- rastrum Latin
- rōdō Latin
- rōstrum Latin
- sulcirostris Latin
- sulcus Latin
- tenuirostris Latin
- tenuis Latin
- rostro Italian
- rostre French
- ро́стр Russian
- rostro Spanish, Castilian
- *reh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- rosto Portuguese
- *rattaz Proto-Germanic
- rostre Catalan, Valencian
- rosto Old Portuguese
- arod Aromanian
- rostro Old Spanish