Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!inka.de!mips.inka.de!.POSTED.localhost!not-for-mail From: Christian Weisgerber Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Crus, Crures (quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia vellis) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:39:50 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87jziverlu.fsf@parhasard.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:39:50 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: lorvorc.mips.inka.de; posting-host="localhost:::1"; logging-data="12284"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@mips.inka.de" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD) Bytes: 1351 Lines: 12 On 2024-06-11, Ross Clark wrote: >> “Crural” exists in anatomy jargon and is used by those who use anatomy jargon. >> > Et voilà! There it is in French, same spelling, same origin. > > So a direct borrowing from Latin, not an inherited word. FEW (Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch) does not list "crus" as an etymon at all. It seems to have disappeared without a trace. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de