The story
- Arabic · derived fromرُسْغ
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromrasceta
- English todayrasceta
From Medieval Latin rasceta, rasca, rascha, rasga, misread from Arabic رُسْغ (rusḡ).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The wrinkling and creases on the inner surface of the wrist. Full definition →