Etymology

coxal

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Late Latin coxalis ← Latin coxa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcoxa
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromcoxalis
  3. English todaycoxal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin coxalis, from Latin coxa. By surface analysis, cox- + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latincoxa all →

cushioncoxacox-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.