# thigh

Pronunciation: say "THY" /θaɪ/

## Noun

1. The upper part of the leg, between the hip and the knee.
   - Simple: The part of your leg between your hip and your knee.
   - _A deep bruise spread across his thigh after the fall._
   - _Sprinters develop powerful thigh muscles through years of training._
2. The part of a vertebrate's or other animal's leg that corresponds in position or function to the human thigh: the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird, the third leg-section of an insect.
   - Simple: The matching part of an animal's leg, in the same place as a person's thigh.
   - _Entomologists identified the species by markings on the insect's thigh._
   - _The horse favored its injured thigh after the long ride._

## Origin

This word comes from Middle English "thigh," from Old English "þēoh," going back through Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic to the Proto-Indo-European root "*tewk-." It is related to West Frisian "tsjea," Dutch "dij," and Icelandic "þjó."

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