huesso

From Latin ossum, alternative form of os, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁.

• IPA^(key): /ˈweso/

huesso m (plural huessos)

1. (anatomy) bone
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 13v:

     Et por ende es bona en la arte de cirulgia pora tirar los hueſſos q̃ ſõ q̃brados en los cuerpos delos om̃s por llaga o por quebrátadura.

     And there it is good in the art of surgery for pulling the bones that are broken in people's bodies due to a wound or a breaking.

   • Idem, f. 64r.

     Et la su forma es deſta guisa. que de la part que ſe tiene con el hueſſo es llana ⁊ dela parte de fuera contral cuero es alta ⁊ redonda.

     And its shape is in this manner: the part held against the bone is flat, and the outside part, [the part] held against the skin, is tall and rounded.

• Ladino: gueso
• Spanish: hueso