Word Origin Summary

Cuneus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *h₂ḱūProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• cuneus

  English · borrowed from

• couongnet

  Norman · derived from

• conio

  Italian · inherited from

• coin

  French · inherited from

• kouign

  Breton · derived from

• kunj

  SQI · derived from

• cunéiforme

  French · derived from

• cuneiforme

  Spanish · derived from

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