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
- Of or relating to an artery; Major, important; A...
Ancestry of “arterial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | artery | An efferent blood vessel from the heart,... |
| 2 | Old French | artaire | artery |
| 3 | Latin | artēria | a windpipe |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀρτηρία | artery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀείρω | to lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | 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
- vertebroarterial
- neuromyoarterial
- alloarterial
- alveoloarterial
- bronchoarterial
- cardioarterial
- cerebroarterial
- endoarterial