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Vertebra

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means one of the small bones forming the spinal column
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Stage 1 of 2
vertebra
Latin · ancient
"a joint, a turning point"
from vertere (to turn), one of the turning joints of the spine
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Stage 2 of 2
vertebra
English · 1600s
"one of the bones forming the spinal column"
adopted directly for one of the bones making up the spine
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