Etymology

cross-bone

Today it means: The sacrum. Full definition →

German Kreuzbein
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The story

  1. German · calque ofKreuzbein“sacrum”
  2. English todaycross-bone

From cross + bone, a calque of German Kreuzbein (“sacrum”).

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