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Where does “genual” come from?

genual (English) comes from New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

genual (English): Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee

Ancestry of “genual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latingenuālis—
2Latingenū—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “genual”

  • subgenual
  • perigenual
  • pregenual
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