† metatarsen.

Forms: 1800s metatarse; Scottish pre-1700 mitta tarse.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French métatarse; Latin metatarsus.

Etymology: < French métatarse (1586 in Middle French) or its etymon post-classical Latin metatarsus metatarsus n.

Anatomy and Zoology. Obsolete.

= metatarsus n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of

metatarsus1682

talus1684

tibia1826

tarsus1828

suffrago1842

tarso-metatarsal1851

tarso-metatarsus1854

boot1864

tibiotarsus1883

metatarse1894

1664 Rec. Old Tolbooth in Bk. Old Edinb. Club (1912) V. 115 I fund..vpon the ryt lege and foote a swelling..lying vpon the tarsse and mitta tarse.

1854 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1850–54 6 61 The second toe [of the Megatherium] is represented, like the first in sloths, by its cuneiform bone and a coalesced rudiment of the metatarse.

1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 524 There is a proximal tarsal ossicle, and a distal tarsal ossicle, the first one anchylosing with the tibia, the distal one likewise anchylosing with the metatarse.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 616 Their tendons unite about the middle of the metatarse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	metatarse
释义	† metatarsen. Forms: 1800s metatarse; Scottish pre-1700 mitta tarse. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French métatarse; Latin metatarsus. Etymology: < French métatarse (1586 in Middle French) or its etymon post-classical Latin metatarsus metatarsus n. Anatomy and Zoology. Obsolete. = metatarsus n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > legs > bones of metatarsus1682 talus1684 tibia1826 tarsus1828 suffrago1842 tarso-metatarsal1851 tarso-metatarsus1854 boot1864 tibiotarsus1883 metatarse1894 1664 Rec. Old Tolbooth in Bk. Old Edinb. Club (1912) V. 115 I fund..vpon the ryt lege and foote a swelling..lying vpon the tarsse and mitta tarse. 1854 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1850–54 6 61 The second toe [of the Megatherium] is represented, like the first in sloths, by its cuneiform bone and a coalesced rudiment of the metatarse. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 524 There is a proximal tarsal ossicle, and a distal tarsal ossicle, the first one anchylosing with the tibia, the distal one likewise anchylosing with the metatarse. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 616 Their tendons unite about the middle of the metatarse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1664
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