Where does “metacarpo” come from?

metacarpo (Spanish) comes from Spanish carpo, from Latin carpus, from Latin carpō, from Proto-Italic karpō, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

metacarpo (Spanish): metacarpus

Definitions

  1. metacarpus

Ancestry of “metacarpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcarpocarpus; wrist
2Latincarpuscarpus, wrist
3Latincarpōto pluck, pick, harvest
4Proto-Italickarpō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “metacarpo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerp- →Every word from Proto-Italic karpō →