Where does “femur” come from?

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

femur (Romanian): femur

Definitions

  1. femur

Ancestry of “femur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfémurfemur
2Latinfemurthigh; the space between the grooves of a...
3Proto-Indo-European*dʰénwr̥arc, bow
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