Where does “efferent” come from?
efferent (Danish) comes from Latin efferēns, from Latin efferō, from Latin efferus, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
efferent (Danish): carrying away from a central organ
Definitions
- carrying away from a central organ
Ancestry of “efferent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | efferēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | efferō | — |
| 3 | Latin | efferus | savage; very wild, fierce or savage; wild, savage |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |