Where does “fèmur” come from?

fèmur (Catalan) comes from Latin femur, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ — arc, bow.

fèmur (Catalan): femur

Definitions

  1. femur

Ancestry of “fèmur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfemurthigh; the space between the grooves of a...
2Proto-Indo-European*dʰénwr̥arc, bow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥Every word from Latin femur