The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromοὐρᾱ́“tail”
- New Latin · borrowed fromūrosteon
- English todayurosteon
From New Latin ūrosteon, from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekοὐρᾱ́ all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.