malleus
The origin and history of malleus.
Etymology
Malleus comes straight from Latin, where it meant hammer or mallet. It is a doublet of the English word maul, meaning the two words share the same ultimate root.
The origin and history of malleus.
Malleus comes straight from Latin, where it meant hammer or mallet. It is a doublet of the English word maul, meaning the two words share the same ultimate root.
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