Etymology

procerus

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Today it means: A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead. Full definition →

Latin prōcērus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromprōcērus“high, tall, long”
  2. English todayprocerus

Borrowed from Latin prōcērus (“high, tall, long”), clipping of mūsculus prōcērus (“tall muscle”).

Words from the same roots

Latinprōcērus all →

procereprocerous

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