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Where does “fêmur” come from?

fêmur (Portuguese) comes from Latin femur, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥.

fêmur (Portuguese): femur; thighbone

Definitions

  1. femur; thighbone

Ancestry of “fêmur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfemurthigh; the space between the grooves of a...
2Proto-Indo-European*dʰénwr̥—
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