tergum.
back, rear; reverse/far side; outer covering/surface; [terga vertere => flee];
Meaning & usage
back, rear; surface
tergum/terga vertere
Where this word comes from
Unknown. De Vaan is skeptical of the proposal that it originally referred to the hair on an animal's back and was derived from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to be stiff”) (compare *tr̥nós, *sterbʰ-). It has been speculated to be connected to one or more of Ancient Greek τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”), Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō), or Latin trahō, with a debated connection to the root of English drag, draw.
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