Renes
/ˈriːniːz/noun
A medical or anatomical term meaning the kidneys.
Did you know?“Renes” is the Latin plural of ren, the source of modern medical words such as renal and reniform.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁reh₁n-
“Reconstructed root associated with the kidney; the exact reconstruction is debated.”
Proto-Italic
Proto-Italic
*rēn-
“Kidney.”
Classical Latin
Latin
rēnēs
“Kidneys, the plural of rēn.”
17th Century
Medical Latin
renes
“Kidneys, retained as an anatomical plural in scientific terminology.”
Modern English
English
renes
“A technical anatomical term for the kidneys.”