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From the Greek word Skeletos meaning 'dried up body', derived from Skleros meaning 'hard' and borrowed from Latin 'skeletus'. This word passed into French as 'squelette', into Spanish as 'esqueleto' and into Italian as 'sheletro' generally meaning 'bare outline'
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