splint C2+ Topic:The Human Body US /splɪnt/ UK /splɪnt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a rigid strip used to immobilize a broken or injured limb The medic fixed a splint to the hiker's fractured wrist. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a rigid strip used to... bracesupportstaybatten Word family Derived forms splinter Related forms splinter Etymology AI details From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte ('metal plate, pin'), related to the Germanic base meaning 'to split'. splinte Middle Dutch View etymology graph -> Topics The Human Body External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # splint **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /splɪnt/ **IPA (UK):** /splɪnt/ ## Meanings 1. a rigid strip used to immobilize a broken or injured limb ## Examples - The medic fixed a splint to the hiker's fractured wrist. ## Synonyms - brace - support - stay - batten ## Derived Forms - splinter ## Related Forms - splinter ## Roots and Affixes - Root: splinte ## Etymology From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte ('metal plate, pin'), related to the Germanic base meaning 'to split'. ## AI Etymology Splint comes from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German splinte ('metal plate, pin'), related to the Germanic base meaning 'to split'. The historical chain includes Middle Dutch splinte. Older glosses in the chain include "metal plate, pin" and "to split", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, splint is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun and verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun and verb, with the sense "a rigid strip used to immobilize a broken or injured limb". English derivatives include splinter; related forms include splinter. The result is an English noun and verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - The Human Body markdown