Etymology

brachium

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Today it means: The upper arm. Full definition →

Latin bracchium
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frombracchium“arm”
  2. English todaybrachium

Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.

Words from the same roots

Latinbracchium all →

braabrazobrachio-secular arm

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