Are elbows named elbows because they bow into an L shape?

[Scout31]

I'd like to point out that elbows came before bows.. I don't think our elbows are named after something we invented thousands of years after discovering our elbows.

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[Bloody Mary]

I'd like to point out that elbows came before bows.. I don't think our elbows are named after something we invented thousands of years after discovering our elbows.

Elbows existed long before we had a name for them.

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