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vertebra (n.)
1610s, from Latin
vertebra
"joint or articulation of the body, joint of the spine" (plural
vertebræ
), perhaps from
vertere
"to turn" (see
versus
) + instrumental suffix
-bra
. The notion is of the spine as the "hinge" of the body.
