French word genou comes from Latin genu (Knee.), Latin marem
genu (Latin)
Knee.
marem (Latin)
geniculum (Late Latin)
geniculum (Latin)
Knee. Little knot.
*genuculum (Latin)
*genuclum (Vulgar Latin)
*genuclum (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) knee.
genoill (Old French)
genou (French)
Knee. Lap.