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From: Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
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Subject: Re: Crus, Crures (quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia
 vellis)
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:49:49 +0100
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 Ar an naoiú lá de mí Meitheamh, scríobh HenHanna: 

 > Crus, Crures ("leg") is Not related to Latin crusta (“shell”)
 > 
 >            https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crustacea  is not related
 > 
 > Crus, Crures ("leg") is Not related to any word in English or French

“Crural” exists in anatomy jargon and is used by those who use anatomy jargon.
It would not shock me if something similar were the case in French.

https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22crural%22

 >                 Someone mentioned the word for [bumpy] (?) in French.


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