Where does “antesternal” come from?

antesternal (English) comes from English sternal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

antesternal (English): anterior to the sternum

Definitions

  1. anterior to the sternum

Ancestry of “antesternal”, step by step

antesternal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sternal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsternalOf, relating to, or near the sternum
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English ante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanteA price or cost, as in up the ante; In poker and...
2Latinantebefore, in front, forwards; before; before,...
3Ancient Greekκλίσιςbending, inclination; a lying down; a place for...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum