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Where does “abdominal ring” come from?

abdominal ring (English) comes from English abdominal, from New Latin abdominalis, from Latin abdomen, from Latin abdō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

abdominal ring (English): Either of the two openings in the abdominal...

Definitions

  1. Either of the two openings in the abdominal...

Ancestry of “abdominal ring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabdominalOf or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; Having...
2New Latinabdominalisabdominal
3Latinabdomenbelly, abdomen; gluttony
4Latinabdō—
5Latin-dō—
6Proto-Germanic-dô—
7Siciliandi—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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