Etymograph

English

geniculum

Geniculum comes from Latin geniculum ‘little knee, knee’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genureconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenū‘knee’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgeniculum‘little knee, knee’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*genureconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgenū‘knee’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgeniculum‘little knee, knee’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ‘knee’

knit, gon, kneel, 22 more

Today it means

noun A small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu / geniculum

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