Where does “femur” come from?

femur (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ — arc, bow.

femur (Latin): thigh; the space between the grooves of a...

Definitions

  1. thigh; the space between the grooves of a...

Ancestry of “femur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*dʰénwr̥arc, bow

Words derived from “femur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥