Talk:fulcrum
Latest comment: 9 years ago by Jackwolfroven in topic Etymology
Etymology[edit]
It seems like it ought to be fulciō (“prop up, support”) + -crum. My speculation is that the original suffix was -c(u)lum (i.e. possibly before the anaptyxis in the suffix), where *fulc(u)lum became fulcrum through dissimilation. Jackwolfroven (talk) 21:01, 2 November 2014 (UTC)