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Where does “abdominoscrotal muscle” come from?

abdominoscrotal muscle (English) comes from Latin abdomen, from Latin abdō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.

abdominoscrotal muscle (English): the cremaster muscle

Definitions

  1. the cremaster muscle

Ancestry of “abdominoscrotal muscle”, step by step

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