Where does “adrenal” come from?

Adrenal comes from the prefix ad- meaning "toward" in Latin, from the preposition ad, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ád and ultimately to h₂éd.

adrenal (English): Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their...

Ancestry of “adrenal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishad-near, at; toward, to, tendency, or addition
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adrenal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →