Incunabulum Definition
ĭnkyə-năbyə-ləm, ĭng-
incunabula
noun
A book printed before 1501; an incunable.
American Heritage
An artifact of an early period.
American Heritage
Origin of Incunabulum
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New Latin incūnābulum from sing. of Latin incūnābula swaddling clothes, cradle in- in in–2 cūnābula cradle, infancy (from cūnae cradle kei- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin incÅ«nābula (“cradle, origin"), from in- + cÅ«nābula (“cradle").
From Wiktionary
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