Etymology

spondyle

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Today it means: A joint of the backbone; a vertebra. Full definition →

Middle English spondile ← Latin spondylus ← Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσφόνδῠλος“vertebra”
  2. Latin · derived fromspondylus
  3. Middle English · inherited fromspondile
  4. English todayspondyle

From Middle English spondile, spondyle, from Latin spondylus, from Ancient Greek σφόνδῠλος (sphóndŭlos, “vertebra”).

Words from the same roots

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