The story
- New Latin · borrowed fromperoneus brevis
- English todayperoneus brevis
Borrowed from New Latin peroneus brevis, clipping of mūsculus peroneus brevis (“short peroneal muscle”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
peroneus brevis
Today it means: A muscle of the lateral side of the leg that arises from the lower part of the fibula, ends in a tendon that inserts on to the fifth metatarsal bone, and acts to evert and pronate the foot. Full definition →
New Latin peroneus brevis