novacula.
razor;
Meaning & usage
a sharp knife (which was used for shaving)
dagger, razor
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kes- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-European *ksnéwti Proto-Indo-European *ksnew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-o- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *(k)snow-ā- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom Latin -cula Latin novācula Perhaps an agent noun in -cula built to a denominative verb itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-o- (“scraped”), from the root *ksnew-. See also Latin saucius, Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō), and Old English besnyþian.
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