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Where does “chekbone” come from?

chekbone (Middle English) comes from Old English ċēacbān — cheekbone.

Ancestry of “chekbone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċēacbāncheekbone

Words derived from “chekbone”

  • cheekbone
  • cheekboned
  • cheekbony
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