Where does “coxa” come from?

coxa (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- — joint.

coxa (Latin): hip (joint), hipbone

Definitions

  1. hip (joint), hipbone

Ancestry of “coxa”, step by step

coxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European koḱs-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankoḱs-joint

via Proto-Italic *koksā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*koksāhip, joint

Words derived from “coxa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- →