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Sinus

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an air-filled cavity in the skull, connected to the nasal passages
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Stage 1 of 2
sinus
Latin · ancient
"a curve, a hollow"
literally a curve, a fold, or a hollow
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Stage 2 of 2
sinus
English · 1400s
"an air-filled cavity in the skull"
adopted directly for the hollow cavities in the skull
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