Where does “artery” come from?
Artery comes from Old French artaire, from Latin arteria, from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀείρω meaning to lift or raise.
artery (English): An efferent blood vessel from the heart,...
Definitions
- An efferent blood vessel from the heart,...
Ancestry of “artery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | artaire | artery |
| 2 | Latin | artēria | a windpipe |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀρτηρία | artery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀείρω | to lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |