Etymology

nuchal

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Today it means: The back of the neck. Full definition →

Medieval Latin nuchālis ← Arabic نُخَاع
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromنُخَاع“spinal cord”
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromnuchālis
  3. English todaynuchal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nuchālis, from nucha + -ālis, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ, “spinal cord”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicنُخَاع all →

nuque

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