Etymology

clavicle

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Today it means: The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone. Full definition →

Middle French clavicule ← Latin clāvicula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromclāvicula“a small key”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromclavicule
  3. English todayclavicle

Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.