jamb

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαμπή“turning post, bend or flexure”
2. Late Latin · derived fromgamba“hock, shank, leg, thigh”
3. Old French · derived fromjambe“leg”
4. Middle English · inherited fromjambe
5. English todayjamb

From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.

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