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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
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)
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On 2024-06-11, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> 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.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de