seno

/ˈseno/ · B1 · noun · m

breast

seno — breast

seno = Latin sinus (curve, fold, bosom), the root of English sine and sinus

Latin sinus meant a curved fold, like the fold of a toga over the chest. Spanish kept it as seno for the bosom. English kept it as sinus, the hollow in the skull. Mathematicians used it for sine, after a mistranslation from Arabic.

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