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Where does “pastern” come from?

pastern (English) comes from Old French pasturon, from Vulgar Latin pastoria.

pastern (English): The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock...

Definitions

  1. The part of a horse's leg between the fetlock...

Ancestry of “pastern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpasturon—
2Vulgar Latinpastoria—
Every word from Vulgar Latin pastoria →