Where does “articular” come from?

Articular comes from Latin articularis, meaning "of or pertaining to joints."

articular (English): Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body; Of...

Definitions

  1. Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body; Of...

Ancestry of “articular”, step by step

articular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin articulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinarticulusA point connecting various parts of the body;...
2Latinartusnarrow, close, fitted, confined, dense; severe,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értusthat which is fit together; juncture, ordering
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Latin articularis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinarticularissecond-person singular present passive indicative...
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “articular

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-