Where does “bulboventricular” come from?

bulboventricular (English) comes from English ventricular, from New Latin ventricularis, from Latin ventriculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

bulboventricular (English): Related to the bulbus cordis and the ventricle

Definitions

  1. Related to the bulbus cordis and the ventricle

Ancestry of “bulboventricular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventricularOf or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus
2New Latinventricularisventricular
3Latinventriculusbelly; stomach; ventricle
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin ventriculus
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