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sinus

SY-nuhs · noun

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Origin

Sinus is a learned borrowing from Latin sinus, meaning a bent surface, curve, or hollow.

Journey

The facts available don't describe how the meaning shifted over time, so no journey can be traced beyond the borrowing itself.

Related words

Sinus is a doublet of sine, meaning both words descend from the same Latin root but entered English through different paths.

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