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Clavicle

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the collarbone, connecting the shoulder blade to the breastbone
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Stage 1 of 2
clavicula
Latin · ancient
"a little key"
literally a little key, a diminutive of clavis (key), describing the bone's key-like shape
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Stage 2 of 2
clavicle
English · 1610s
"the collarbone"
adopted directly as the anatomical word for the collarbone
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