English
trochlear
From trochlea + -ar.
Formed from trochlea + -ar
Proto-Indo-European *drem- ‘to run’
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Ancient Greek τρέχω ‘run, move quickly’
Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος ‘sheave in block-and-tackle equipment’
Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ ‘pulley, block-and-tackle equipment’
Latin trochlea ‘case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys,…’
English trochlea
Today it means
adj Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
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Etymograph / trochlear