Where does “arteriolar” come from?
Arteriolar comes from English arteriole, formed with the Latin suffix -arius, which derives from Latin -alis and Latin -arius, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία meaning windpipe, from ἀείρω meaning to lift or raise.
arteriolar (English): Of or pertaining to an arteriole
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to an arteriole
Ancestry of “arteriolar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | arteriole | One of the small branches of an artery,... |
| 2 | French | artériole | arteriole |
| 3 | French | artère | artery; thoroughfare |
| 4 | Old French | artere | artery |
| 5 | Latin | artēria | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀρτηρία | artery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀείρω | to lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
Words derived from “arteriolar”