Etymology

biceps

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Today it means: Any muscle having two heads. Full definition →

Latin biceps ← Proto-Italic *kaput ← Proto-Indo-European *káput
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Proto-Italic*dwis
  5. Old Latinduis
  6. Latinbis
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  10. Proto-Italic*kaput
  11. Latinbiceps
  12. English todaybiceps

Derived from Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“headed”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbiceps all →

bicipital

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