Gdzie się podziała kość „sakralna”? Uwagi na temat genezy terminów medycznych w językach europejskich

The study concerns the origin of anatomical term (os sacrum) in European languages. The occurrence of this term among European countries demonstrates an obvious dichotomy: on the one side, in European countries belonging to the Romance language group (the south and west of the continent) the Latin wording has been preserved, thus, on the other, in European countries lying to the north and east of Germany the peculiar tracing of the German language was used. The study provides further arguments for asserting that the intensity of synonymy in terminology may indicate the historical region of their origin.