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Etymology of talus

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-der. Proto-Indo-European *téh₂g-s-los? Proto-Italic *tākslos? Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *tālos? Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂- Proto-Indo-E

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

The bone of the ankle.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-der. Proto-Indo-European *téh₂g-s-los? Proto-Italic *tākslos? Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *tālos? Proto-Indo-European *(s)teh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *tāðlo-? Latin tālusbor. English talus Borrowed from Latin tālus.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. · The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French talus.

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