Etymology

trochin

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Today it means: The lesser tuberosity of the head of the humerus. Full definition →

French trochin ← Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτροχαντήρ
  2. French · borrowed fromtrochin
  3. English todaytrochin

Borrowed from French trochin, from troch(anter) + -in, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr), from τροχάνη (trokhánē, “wheel, axle, gear”) + -τήρ (-tḗr), from τροχάζω (trokházō, “to run quickly”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτροχαντήρ all →

trochantertrochiter

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.