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Stage 1 of 3
tenon
Greek · ancient
"to stretch"
to stretch, the root of the tissue connecting muscle to bone
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Stage 2 of 3
tendo
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a stretched connective tissue"
adopted into Latin anatomical vocabulary for the connective tissue
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Stage 3 of 3
tendon
English · 1500s
"a tissue connecting muscle to bone"
settled as the English word for the tissue connecting muscle to bone
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