bicep
The origin and history of bicep.
Etymology
A back-formation from "biceps" — in Latin, biceps is already singular ("two-headed"), but English speakers reinterpreted the final "-s" as a plural marker and invented "bicep" as the singular.
The origin and history of bicep.
A back-formation from "biceps" — in Latin, biceps is already singular ("two-headed"), but English speakers reinterpreted the final "-s" as a plural marker and invented "bicep" as the singular.