English

legbone

From leg + bone.

A compound of leg + bone

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

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 A bone in the leg.

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