gastrocnemius

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγαστροκνημία“calf of the leg”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromgastrocnēmius
3. English todaygastrocnemius

1670s, borrowed from New Latin gastrocnēmius, from Ancient Greek γαστροκνημία (gastroknēmía, “calf of the leg”), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).