Etymology

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee. Full definition →

New Latin genuālis ← Latin genū
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  1. Latin · derived fromgenū“knee”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromgenuālis
  3. English todaygenual

PIE word *ǵónu From New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū (“knee”). By surface analysis, Latin genū + -al.

Words from the same roots

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