Where does “atrioventricular” come from?
Atrioventricular comes from New Latin atrioventricularis, combining atrium and ventricularis from Latin ventriculus, a diminutive of venter meaning belly.
atrioventricular (English): Of the spatial relationship between the...
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- Of the spatial relationship between the...
Ancestry of “atrioventricular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ventricular | Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus |
| 2 | New Latin | ventricularis | ventricular |
| 3 | Latin | ventriculus | belly; stomach; ventricle |
| 4 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | — |