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Femur

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the long bone of the thigh, the largest bone in the human body
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Stage 1 of 2
femur
Latin · ancient
"the thigh"
the thigh, the thigh bone
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Stage 2 of 2
femur
English · 1500s
"the thigh bone"
adopted directly as the anatomical word for the thigh bone
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