tarsus
English
/ˈtɑːsəs/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus.
- (anatomy) Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot.
- (anatomy) A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.
- (zoology) In insects and other arthropods, any of a series of articulations in the true foot; the last joint forming the foot in spiders.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tarsus (foot) derived from Ancient Greek ταρσός (broad, wickerwork mat, flat surface, flat surface used for drying, cheese hurdle, the flat of the foot, crate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥sós (flat surface for drying food).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tr̥sós
Gloss
flat surface for drying food
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- basitarsus English
- epitarsus English
- foretarsus English
- hypotarsus English
- mesotarsus English
- pretarsus English
- protarsus English
- tarsectomy English
- telotarsus English
- tibiotarsus English
- albitarsis Latin
- brevitarsis Latin
- crassitarsis Latin
- flavitarsis Latin
- fulvitarsis Latin
- fuscitarsis Latin
- gracilitarsis Latin
- latitarsis Latin
- longitarsis Latin
- nigritarsis Latin
- rufitarsis Latin
- tarsus Latin
- tenuitarsis Latin
- Tatze German
- tarsier French
- tarso Spanish, Castilian
- ταρσός Ancient Greek
- τρασιά Ancient Greek
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥sós Proto-Indo-European
- tass Swedish