Where does “trochanter” come from?
Trochanter comes from French trochanter, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ, combining τροχός (wheel) with the agent suffix -τήρ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰrogʰos.
trochanter (English): In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur...
Definitions
- In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur...
Ancestry of “trochanter”, step by step
Words derived from “trochanter”
- trochanteric
- intertrochanteric
- subtrochanteric
- pertrochanteric
- hypotrochanteric
- intertrochanter
- antitrochanter
- trochanteral
- supratrochanteric
- trochanterofemoral
- mesotrochanter
- metatrochanter
- subtrochanter
- trochantine
- antitrochanteric
- bitrochanteric
- iliotrochanteric
- infratrochanteric
- intratrochanteric
- peritrochanteric
- tergotrochanteral
- transtrochanteric