Ramus
/ˈreɪ.məs/noun
A branch, especially a branch of an anatomical structure such as a bone or nerve.
Did you know?Latin **ramus** meant a tree branch, and that same root also helped shape words like **ramify** and **ramification**, where ideas split and spread like limbs from a trunk.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁reh₁-m-
“A branch or something that spreads out”
Latin
Latin
ramus
“A branch of a tree; a bough; by extension, a branch or division”
Late Latin
Latin
ramus
“A branch, especially in learned and technical usage”
Modern English
English
ramus
“A branch-like part of a bone, nerve, or blood vessel”
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