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pelvis

the bowl-shaped bone structure at the base of the spine

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Where does the word "pelvis" come from? It comes from Latin pelvis, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).

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Where does the word "pelvis" come from? It comes from Latin pelvis, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).

Pelvis’s story begins in Latin: pelvis meant “a basin.” Literally a basin, describing the bowl-shaped bone structure. It reached English by 1600s as pelvis. Latin 'basin'. Today, pelvis means the bowl-shaped bone structure at the base of the spine.

  1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient pelvis "a basin", literally a basin, describing the bowl-shaped bone structure.
  2. Stage 2 · English · 1600s pelvis "the basin-shaped bone structure at the base of the spine", Latin 'basin'.

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