The Greek roots of the word 'thorax'

'Thorax' is a word borrowed from Greek 'thorax'. The word entered the English language some time around the 15th century.

thorax [noun] [15th century]

• the part of the mammalian body between the neck and the abdomen
• its cavity in which the heart and lungs lie
• the middle of the three chief divisions of the body of an insect
• the corresponding part of a crustacean or an arachnid

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Etymology: Middle English, from Latin 'thorac-, thorax' breastplate, thorax, from Greek 'thōrak-, thōrax'

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