English
hamate bone
Hamate bone comes from Latin hāmātus ‘hooked, crooked’, and goes back to hāmus ‘hook’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmus‘hook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmātus‘hooked, crooked’
- Englishtodayhamate bone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmus‘hook’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhāmātus‘hooked, crooked’
- Englishtodayhamate bone
Every English word from Latin hāmus
Today it means
noun One of the eight bones of the wrist (carpals).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hāmus / hamate bone