Etymology

articulation

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Today it means: A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending. Full definition →

Middle English articulacioun ← Old French articulacion ← Medieval Latin articulātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂r-tú-s
  2. Proto-Italic*artus
  3. Latinartus
  4. Ancient Greekἄρθρον (árthron)
  5. Latinarticulus
  6. Latinarticulō
  7. Medieval Latinarticulātiō
  8. Old Frencharticulacion
  9. Middle Englisharticulacioun
  10. English todayarticulation

From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.

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