Etymology

prescapula

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Today it means: The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula. Full definition →

English scapula ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishscapula
  10. English todayprescapula

From pre- + scapula.

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