Where does “cerebellar” come from?

Cerebellar comes from Latin cerebellāris, derived from cerebellum, the diminutive of cerebrum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- meaning head or brain.

cerebellar (English): Of or pertaining to the cerebellum

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the cerebellum

Ancestry of “cerebellar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
2Middle English-ar
3Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “cerebellar

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from English -ar