Where does “brachium” come from?

brachium (English) comes from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων, from Ancient Greek βραχύς, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

brachium (English): The upper arm

Definitions

  1. The upper arm

Ancestry of “brachium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
2Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
3Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “brachium”

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