Etymology

habena

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Today it means: A restricting bandage or frenum Full definition →

Latin habena ← Proto-Italic *haβēō ← Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*haβēō
  4. Latinhabeō
  5. Latinhabena
  6. English todayhabena

Borrowed from Latin habena.

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