Etymology

curvate

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Today it means: bent in a regular form ; curved. Full definition →

Middle English (y)curvat(e) ← Latin curvātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcurvātus“curved”
  2. Middle English · inherited from(y)curvat(e)“bent; hunched, stooped”
  3. English todaycurvate

Inherited from Middle English (y)curvat(e) (“bent; hunched, stooped”), borrowed from Latin curvātus (“curved”), perfect passive participle of curvō (“to curve”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from curvus + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

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