Where does “trochanter” come from?
trochanter (French) comes from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ, from Ancient Greek τροχάζω, from Ancient Greek τροχός, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrogʰos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵʰ- — to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag.
Ancestry of “trochanter”, step by step
Words derived from “trochanter”
- trochanter
- trochanteric
- intertrochanteric
- subtrochanteric
- pertrochanteric
- hypotrochanteric
- intertrochanter
- antitrochanter
- trochanteral
- trochin
- trokantteri
- supratrochanteric
- trochanterofemoral
- mesotrochanter
- metatrochanter
- subtrochanter
- trochantine
- antitrochanteric
- bitrochanteric
- iliotrochanteric
- infratrochanteric
- intratrochanteric
- peritrochanteric
- tergotrochanteral