- trochanter (n.)[trochanter 词源字典]
- 1610s as a part of the thigh-bone, from French trochanter (16c.), from Greek trokhanter (Galen), from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). From 1816 as the second joint of an insect leg.[trochanter etymology, trochanter origin, 英语词源]