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    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-dʰrom, from *h₂er- (to fit) +‎ *-dʰrom (tool or instrument suffix), synchronically analyzable as ἀραρίσκω (ararískō) +‎ -θρον (-thron).[1]

    ᾰ̓́ρθρον (ắrthronn (genitive ᾰ̓́ρθρου); second declension

    1. (anatomy) joint
      Synonym: ἅψος (hápsos)
    2. (anatomy) limb
    3. articulation
      ἄρθρον τῆς φωνῆς (árthron tês phōnês)vocal articulation
    4. (grammar) connecting word
    5. (grammar) an article: a category including the definite article (ho) and the basic relative pronoun ὅς (hós)

    Note concerning definition #2, ἄρθρον (árthron) was sometimes used to refer to various body parts such as the ankles, eyes, mouth, genitals, etc.

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρθρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130