From hip (noun) + bone (noun).
A compound of hip + bone
Proto-Germanic *hupiz ‘hip, haunch’
Proto-West Germanic *hupi ‘hip’
Old English hype ‘hip’
Middle English hipe ‘hip’
English hip
Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’
Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’
Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’
Old English bān ‘bone’
Middle English bon ‘bone’
English bone
Today it means
noun One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
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Etymograph / hip bone
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