clavicle的词源

英文词源

clavicle (n.): "collarbone," 1610s, from Middle French clavicule "collarbone" (16c.), also "small key," from Medieval Latin clavicula "collarbone" (used c.980 in a translation of Avicenna), special use of classical Latin clavicula, literally "small key, bolt," diminutive of clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)); in the anatomical sense a loan-translation of Greek kleis "key, collarbone." So called supposedly from its function as the "fastener" of the shoulder. Related: Clavicular.

来自PIE*skel,弯，钩，词源同close,scoliosis（脊柱侧弯）。-icle,小词后缀。原指古代所使用的钩状的钥匙。锁骨因其酷似一把小钥匙而得名，即锁住肩胛骨。

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