The story
- Latin · derived fromocciput
- English todayoccipital bone
From Latin occiput; compare ob- (“towards, against”) and caput (“head”)
Words from the same roots
Latinocciput all →
occiput
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
occipital bone
Today it means: The bone at the back of the skull in humans and various other animals. Full definition →
Latin occiput