flanco

Concepts

flank

side

rib

rim

section

wing

🪽

edge

side of the body

formation

Synonyms

costado

lado

costilla

margen

orilla

sección

costal

ijada

vertebra

acera

costilla completa

borde

Hyphenated as

flan‧co

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflanko/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: flanc

Cognate with Old High German: hlanca

Cognate with Middle High German: lanke

Cognate with German: Gelenk

Cognate with Old English: hlanc

Cognate with English: lank

In summary

Borrowed from French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably specifically from Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible; slender”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”).
Akin to Old High German hlanca (“hip, flank, loin”), Middle High German hip, flank, loin, German Gelenk (“joint”), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at English lank.