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Where does “sacra” come from?

Sacra comes from Latin os sacrum, literally meaning "sacred bone," the name Roman anatomists gave to the large triangular bone at the base of the spine.

sacra (English): plural of sacrum; sacral artery

Definitions

  1. plural of sacrum; sacral artery

Ancestry of “sacra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsacrumA large triangular bone at the base of the spine,...
2Latinos sacrumholy bone
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