Femoral
/ˈfɛmərəl/noun
Relating to the thigh or the femur.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *femur*, meaning “thigh,” a root that also survives in the scientific name of the femur and in the hidden anatomy vocabulary of medicine.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheh₁-
“Proposed ancestral root often connected by scholars to setting or placing, but not directly the source of femoral; no secure deep root is usually cited for this branch in simple references.”
Latin
Latin
femur
“Thigh”
Late Latin
Latin
femoralis
“Of or pertaining to the thigh”
Middle English
English
femoral
“Pertaining to the thigh”
Modern English
English
femoral
“Relating to the thigh or femur”
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