English
popliteal
Popliteal comes from Latin poples ‘ham, knee’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoples‘ham, knee’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpopliteus
- Englishearliest quotation 1839popliteal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpoples‘ham, knee’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpopliteus
- Englishearliest quotation 1839popliteal
Earliest quotation: 1839, John Steggall, Malcolm William Hilles: “On removing a quantity of fat which separates the…”
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pal- ‘to feel, touch, shake’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the popliteus (the area behind the knee).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin poples / popliteal