Noun: humerus
| Singular | humerus |
| Plural | humeri |
Sample Sentences
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Jojo was fine, however—well, she had a fractured humerus and needed to stay overnight, but it could’ve been a lot worse. [2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 76:]
Nouns inflected like humerus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓmsder.
3. Latin umerus
4. Late Latin humeruslbor.
5. English humerus
6. Learned borrowing from Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”). See: Spanish Nouns '
hombro'.