The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαρπός“wrist”
- New Latin · borrowed fromōs carpāle
- English todaycarpale
From New Latin ōs carpāle, from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκαρπός all →
carpusachaenocarp-carpcarpo-carpolite-carpousepicarpexocarpKarpos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.