sinew
6 synonyms for sinew, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A tendon, or a cord like a tendon, in the body.
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Etymology
This word developed from Middle English synwe, synewe (“tendon; ligament or other connective tissue; muscle; nerve; leaf vein”), which came from Old English sinu (“tendon, sinew; nerve”). That in turn goes back through Proto-West Germanic *sinu and Proto-Germanic *sinwō to Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”...
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