Etymology

omoplate

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Today it means: The scapula. Full definition →

French omoplate ← Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὠμοπλάτη“shoulder blade”
  2. French · borrowed fromomoplate
  3. English todayomoplate

From French omoplate, from Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplátē, “shoulder blade”), from ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + πλάτη (plátē, “something flat or broad”). By surface analysis, omo- (“shoulder”) + plate.

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