Etymology

hallux

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Late Latin hallux ← Latin allus
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  1. Latin · derived fromallus
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromhallux
  3. English todayhallux

From Late Latin hallux, from Latin allus, hallus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.