oniche
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- (mineralogy) onyx
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French oniche derived from Latin onyx derived from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (nail, claw, onyx, hoof, talon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὄνυξ
Gloss
nail, claw, onyx, hoof, talon
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
爪
Emoji
💅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- endonyx English
- onycho- English
- onychotillomania English
- onycha Latin
- onyx Latin
- Onyx German
- onycho- French
- о́никс Russian
- ónix Spanish, Castilian
- γαμψῶνυξ Ancient Greek
- μῶνυξ Ancient Greek
- παρωνυχία Ancient Greek
- σαρδόνυξ Ancient Greek
- ὀνύχινος Ancient Greek
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- ónix Portuguese
- onix Middle English
- oniche Old French
- onikso Esperanto
- aard Afrikaans
- Bannykus Chinese
- Linhenykus Chinese
- Xixianykus Chinese