Where does “fémur” come from?

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

fémur (Portuguese): femur

Definitions

  1. femur

Ancestry of “fémur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfemurthigh; the space between the grooves of a...
2Proto-Indo-European*dʰénwr̥arc, bow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ →Every word from Latin femur →