triceps的词源

英文词源

triceps (n.)

the great extensor muscle, 1704, from Latin triceps "three-headed," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -ceps, from caput "head" (see capitulum). So called because the muscle has three origins.

中文词源

triceps：三头肌

tri-, 三，-cep,头，词源同 cap,captain.比喻用法。

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