English
gonycrotesis
Gonycrotesis comes from Ancient Greek γόνυ ‘knee’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gónu‘knee’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγόνυgónu‘knee’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021gonycrotesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵónu‘knee’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gónu‘knee’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγόνυgónu‘knee’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021gonycrotesis
Earliest quotation: 2021, Jie Xiang, Skeletal Fluorosis: “...with severe skeletal fluorosis may find with gonyectyposis and…”
Formed from gony- ‘knee’ + -crotesis ‘striking, throbbing’
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu ‘knee’
through Proto-Hellenic *gónu ‘knee’
Today it means
noun The clicking or cracking sound made by a knee joint during movement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu / gonycrotesis