Where does “callosum” come from?

Callosum comes from Latin callosus, derived from Latin callum, which traces to Proto-Indo-European kal, attested through Proto-Italic -owonssos and Latin -o-wont-to-s.

callosum (English): corpus callosum

Definitions

  1. corpus callosum

Ancestry of “callosum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincallōsuswith a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous
2LatincallumA hard or thick substance; The hardened, thick...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankalhard

Words derived from “callosum”

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