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Where does “arterial” come from?

Arterial comes from English artery, from Latin arteria, from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀείρω meaning to lift or raise.

arterial (English): Of or relating to an artery; Major, important; A...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to an artery; Major, important; A...

Ancestry of “arterial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharteryAn efferent blood vessel from the heart,...
2Old Frenchartaireartery
3Latinartēria—
4Ancient Greekἀρτηρίαartery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi
5Ancient Greekἀείρωto lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wer-to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “arterial”

  • intraarterial
  • transarterial
  • ventriculoarterial
  • arterially
  • arterialization
  • periarterial
  • intraarterially
  • vertebrarterial
  • hyparterial
  • eparterial
  • arterialize
  • dearterialization
  • nonarterial
  • endarterial
  • rearterialization
  • arterialise
  • dearterialize
  • vertebroarterial
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