carpiano

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kerp-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *kerpōs?

Proto-Hellenic *kərpós

Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós)bor.

Latin carpuslbor.

Spanish carpo

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānusder.

Spanish -iano

Spanish carpiano

From carpo + -iano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈpjano/ [kaɾˈpja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: car‧pia‧no

Adjective

carpiano (feminine carpiana, masculine plural carpianos, feminine plural carpianas)

1. (anatomy) carpal

Derived terms

• túnel carpiano

Related terms

• metacarpiano
• tarsiano

Further reading

• “carpiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025