English
ilium
Ilium comes from Latin īlium ‘lower abdomen’, and goes back to īle ‘flank’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English ilium
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīleWiktionary, English ilium‘flank’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīliumWiktionary, English ilium‘lower abdomen’
- EnglishtodayiliumWiktionary, English ilium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘turn, wind, round’
well, walk, wall, revolution, volume, evolution, involve, valve, vault, evolve, revolt, vulgar, waltz, convoluted, divulge, vagrant, vulva, wale, voluminous, gauche, convolution, vulgate, involution, voluble, valvular, valise, 75 more
through Ancient Greek εἰλέω ‘throng, press’
through Latin īle ‘flank’
Today it means
noun The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ilium”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin īle / ilium