Where does “claviculă” come from?

claviculă (Romanian) comes from French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula, from Latin clāvis, from Ancient Greek κλείς, from Proto-Hellenic klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂u- — nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for...

claviculă (Romanian): clavicle, collar bone

Definitions

  1. clavicle, collar bone

Ancestry of “claviculă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclaviculeclavicle
2Latinclāviculathe tendril of a vine
3Latinclāvisa key
4Ancient GreekκλείςSomething used to lock/unlock: key, bolt, bar; A...
5Proto-Hellenicklāwī́ds
6Proto-Indo-Europeankleh₂u-nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂u-Every word from Proto-Hellenic klāwī́dsEvery word from Ancient Greek κλείς
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