Etymology

anguine

an·guine
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Today it means: Pertaining to snakes or serpents Full definition →

Latin anguīnus ← Proto-Italic *anɣʷis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éngʷʰis
  2. Proto-Italic*anɣʷis
  3. Latinanguis
  4. Latinanguīnus
  5. English todayanguine

From Latin anguinus, from anguis (“snake”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.