Etymology

brachial

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Today it means: Pertaining or belonging to the arm. Full definition →

Latin bracchialis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frombracchialis
  2. English todaybrachial

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

Words from the same roots

Latinbracchialis all →

brachialis

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