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at knee
at somebody's knee
from someone older when you were young His father was a programmer in the early days of computers, and Briggs learned all about them at his dad's knee.
Etymology: based on the idea of a child standing next to or being the height of someone's knee
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| EmÍLia | | - | Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian |
| Klim | | - | Russian, Ukrainian |
| Lisette | | lee-ZET (French) | French, English |
| Elsabeth | | - | English (Rare) |
| Candelaria | | kahn-de-LAH-ryah | Spanish |
| Dinis | | dee-NEES (Portuguese), jee-NEES (Brazilian Portuguese) | Portuguese |