Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cubitus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: cu-bi-tus
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ulna.

Archaic

noun

One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell.

noun

The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

noun

The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱewb-

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

cubiti (plural)

Derived Forms

cubital

Phrases

articulatio cubiti

Synonyms

Cu elbow elbow joint human elbow cubital joint articulatio cubiti

Questions

What does cubitus mean?: The ulna.
Where does cubitus come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

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