Etymograph

English

ringbone

Ringbone comes from Middle English ryngbon.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ryngbon1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1920ringbone1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English ringbone
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1920, Peter B. Kyne: “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling…”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ryngbonWiktionary, English ringbone
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1920ringboneWiktionary, English ringbone. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1920, Peter B. Kyne: “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling…”

A compound of ring + bone

Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-

Proto-Germanic *hringaz

Proto-West Germanic *hring

Old English hring ‘ring’

Middle English ryng

English ring

Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’

Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’

Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’

Old English bān ‘bone’

Middle English bon ‘bone’

English bone

Every English word from Middle English ryngbon

Today it means

noun A type of osteoarthritis affecting any of several bones (particularly the coffin joint or pastern) of a horse's leg or foot, marked by bone growth.

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

Etymograph / Middle English ryngbon / ringbone

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