Coxa
/ˈkɒk.sə/noun
A hip or hip-like segment, especially the basal segment of an arthropod leg.
Did you know?Modern zoological Latin uses coxa for the first leg segment of arthropods because it corresponds functionally to the hip region in vertebrate anatomy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kokso-
“A reconstructed term associated with the hip or thigh”
Proto-Italic
Proto-Italic
*koksa
“Hip or thigh; the probable ancestor of Latin coxa”
Classical Latin
Latin
coxa
“Hip, thigh, or haunch”
Old French
Old French
cuisse
“Thigh; descended through a Romance development from Latin coxa”
Middle English
Middle English
coysse
“Thigh, especially as part of armor”
17th Century
English
coxa
“A hip or hip-like anatomical part, reborrowed from scientific Latin”
Modern English
English
coxa
“The hip segment of an arthropod leg or, in anatomy, a hip region”