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==Etymology== The word "[[ham]]" is derived from the Old English βhamβ or βhomβ meaning the hollow or bend of the knee, from a Germanic base where it meant "crooked". It gained the meaning of the leg of an animal around the [[15th century]].<ref>Brown, Lesley, ed. (2007). Shorter Oxford English Dictionary II (Sixth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University press. p. 3611.</ref> ''String'' refers to tendons, and thus the hamstrings' string-like tendons felt on either side of the back of the knee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=hamstring |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=2012-11-02}}</ref>
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