Etymograph

English

malleolus

Malleolus comes from Latin malleolus ‘a small hammer or mallet’, and goes back to malleus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalleus‘a hammer, mallet’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalleolus‘a small hammer or mallet’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalleus‘a hammer, mallet’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalleolus‘a small hammer or mallet’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin malleus ‘a hammer, mallet’

maul, malleable, 2 more

Today it means

noun The bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint.

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

Etymograph / Latin malleus / malleolus

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