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coxa

n.
coxa
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Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Italic *koksā Latin coxalbor. English coxa Learned borrowing from Latin coxa, from Proto-Italic koksā, from Proto-Indo-European koḱs- (“joint, limb”). Doublet of cuisse.

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