Where does “colorectal” come from?
colorectal (Catalan) comes from Catalan rectal, from Catalan recte, from Latin rectum, from Latin rectus, from Latin regere, from Latin rego, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
colorectal (Catalan): colorectal
Definitions
- colorectal
Ancestry of “colorectal”, step by step
colorectal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan rectal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | rectal | rectal |
| 2 | Catalan | recte | straight; rectum |
| 3 | Latin | rectum | accusative supine of regō; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Latin | rectus | ruled, having been ruled, governed, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | regere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | rego | I rule, govern; I guide, steer; I oversee, manage |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Catalan colon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | colon | colonist, settler; farmer during the Roman Empire |
| 2 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 3 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |