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Added 9 October 2026

wrist

/ɹɪst/ noun

In Latin: carpus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wrist at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones.

Origin

From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.

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