Where does “Hunterian” come from?

Hunterian (English) comes from English Hunter, from Middle English huntere, from Middle English hunten, from Cimbrian hunt, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz — dog.

Hunterian (English): Of or pertaining to William Hunter (1718–1783), anatomist

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to William Hunter (1718–1783), anatomist

Ancestry of “Hunterian”, step by step

Hunterian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hunter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHunterfor a hunter
2Middle EnglishhuntereA hunter; a (male) person who hunts animals
3Middle Englishhuntento hunt
4Cimbrianhuntdog
5Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
6Old High Germanhuntdog
7Proto-West Germanichunddog
8Proto-Germanichundazdog
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via English ian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishian
2IrishEoinJohn any of several people in the Bible
3Old IrishIohainJohn apostle
4LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
5Ancient GreekἸωάννης
6HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
7Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
8Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
9Arabicخُنَّة
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ
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