Genicular
/dʒɪˈnɪk.jə.lər/noun
Relating to the knee or the structures surrounding it.
Did you know?Genicular comes from Latin geniculum, a diminutive of genu, meaning “knee,” reflecting the anatomical habit of naming structures through precise Latin body terms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵénu-
“Knee”
Vedic Sanskrit
Sanskrit
jā́nu
“Knee”
Ancient Greek
Greek
gónu
“Knee”
Classical Latin
Latin
genu
“Knee”
Classical Latin
Latin
geniculum
“Little knee; diminutive of genu”
Medieval/Scientific Latin
New Latin
genicularis
“Relating to the knee”
17th Century–Modern English
English
genicular
“Relating to the knee”
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