cubit
English
/ˈkjuː.bɪt/, /ˈkju.bɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60cm.
- (anatomy) The ulna (ulna).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cubite derived from Latin cubitum (elbow, cubit).
Origin
Latin
cubitum
Gloss
elbow, cubit
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肘
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antecubital English
- anterocubital English
- brachiocubital English
- cubital English
- cubitoradial English
- humerocubital English
- mediocubital English
- postcubital English
- radial English
- accubito Latin
- cubitalis Latin
- cubitum Latin
- cubitālis Latin
- gomito Italian
- codazo Spanish, Castilian
- codear Spanish, Castilian
- codera Spanish, Castilian
- codito Spanish, Castilian
- codo Spanish, Castilian
- cúbito Spanish, Castilian
- κύβιτον Ancient Greek
- cotovelo Portuguese
- cúbito Portuguese
- cubite Middle English
- code Old French
- code, coute Old French
- coute Old French
- colze Catalan, Valencian
- cotobelo Galician
- cúbito Galician
- cot Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kut Albanian
- *covetelo Old Portuguese
- covedo Old Portuguese
- côbedo Old Portuguese
- cot Aromanian
- coide Occitan
- coldu Asturian
- comedon Friulian
- cobdo Old Spanish
- gómio Ligurian
- cumio Istriot