ramus
English
/ˈɹeɪməs/
noun
Definitions
- A small spray or twig.
- (biology) A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- (ornithology) The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
- (anatomy) A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rāmus (branch, a branch).
Origin
Latin
rāmus
Gloss
branch, a branch
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
枝
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- interramal English
- intraramal English
- ramal English
- ramicorn English
- *dērāmāre Latin
- *dīrāmāre Latin
- *exdērāmāre Latin
- *ramellus Latin
- *rāma Latin
- ramificare Latin
- ramifico Latin
- ramiflorus Latin
- ramusculus Latin
- rāmus Latin
- rāmusculus Latin
- ramo Italian
- *wréh₂ds Proto-Indo-European
- raim Old French
- ram Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dërmoj Albanian
- ramo Old Portuguese
- ram Romansh
- rom Romansh
- ram Friulian
- ram Old Occitan
- ramo Old Spanish