English

anklebone

Anklebone comes from Middle English ancle bone.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght /…”

A compound of ankle + bone

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- ‘joint’

Proto-Germanic *ankulaz

Proto-West Germanic *ankul

Old English ancol

Middle English ankel

English ankle

Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’

Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’

Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’

Old English bān ‘bone’

Middle English bon ‘bone’

English bone

Every English word from Middle English ancle bone

noun The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.

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