English
foramen magnum
Foramen magnum comes from Latin forāmen magnum ‘big hole’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforāmen magnum‘big hole’
- Englishtodayforamen magnum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforāmen magnum‘big hole’
- Englishtodayforamen magnum
Every English word from Latin forāmen magnum
Today it means
noun The large foramen, or hole, in the occipital bone for the passage of the medulla oblongata and its membranes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin forāmen magnum / foramen magnum