Where does “carpometatarsal” come from?

carpometatarsal (English) comes from English metatarsal, from English tarsal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.

carpometatarsal (English): Relating to the carpal and metatarsal bones

Definitions

  1. Relating to the carpal and metatarsal bones

Ancestry of “carpometatarsal”, step by step

carpometatarsal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metatarsal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetatarsalOf the metatarsus; Any of the bones of the...
2EnglishtarsalOf or relating to the tarsus; Any of the seven...
3English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English Carpo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCarpoOne of the Horae, goddess/personification of Autumn and of harvest time
2Ancient GreekΚαρπώ
3Ancient Greekκαρπόωbear fruit; reap or enjoy fruit
Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل