Etymology

coxa

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Today it means: The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example). Full definition →

Latin coxa ← Proto-Italic *koksā ← Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*koḱs-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kóḱseh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*koksā
  4. Latincoxa
  5. English todaycoxa

Learned borrowing from Latin coxa, from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Doublet of cuisse.

Words from the same roots

Latincoxa all →

cushioncox-coxal

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