Where does “biliary” come from?

Biliary comes from French biliaire, formed from Latin bilis with the Latin suffix -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -yós.

biliary (English): Of or pertaining to bile or the bile duct

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to bile or the bile duct

Ancestry of “biliary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbiliairebiliary
2Frenchbilebile
3Latinbīlisbile
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “biliary

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-Every word from Latin bīlis
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