Canine

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late Middle English (in canine (sense 2 of the noun)): from French, from Latin caninus, from canis ‘dog’.


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From Latin canīnus(“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis(“dog”). Compare French canin.


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canine (n.)

late 14c., "a pointed tooth," from Latin caninus "of the dog," genitive of canis "dog" (source of Italian cane, French chien), from PIE root *kwon- "dog." The meaning "a dog" is first recorded 1869.




canine (adj.)

c. 1600, "pertaining to one of the four sharp-pointed tearing teeth between the incisors and the molars," from canine (n.) or Latin caninus. Meaning "pertaining to a dog or dogs" is from 1620s.