English

thighbone

Thighbone comes from Middle English; the Middle English form is not named.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

A compound of thigh + bone

Proto-Indo-European *tewk- ‘to become swollen, fat’

Proto-Germanic *þeuhą

Proto-West Germanic *þeuh

Old English þēoh

Middle English thigh

English thigh

Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’

Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’

Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’

Old English bān ‘bone’

Middle English bon ‘bone’

English bone

noun The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.

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

Etymograph / thighbone