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Where does “musculoarticular” come from?

musculoarticular (English) comes from English articular, from Latin articulus, from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

musculoarticular (English): Relating to muscles and joints

Definitions

  1. Relating to muscles and joints

Ancestry of “musculoarticular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharticularOf, at, or relating to the joints of the body; Of...
2LatinarticulusA point connecting various parts of the body;...
3Latinartusnarrow, close, fitted, confined, dense; severe,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értusthat which is fit together; juncture, ordering
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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