When you say 'vertebra' are you speaking Latin?

'Vertebra' is a word borrowed from Latin 'vertebra'. The word entered the English language some time around 1578.

vertebra [noun] [1578]

One of the bony or cartilaginous segments composing the spinal column, consisting in some lower of several distinct el...

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Etymology: Latin, joint, vertebra, from 'vertere' to turn

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