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
- Of or pertaining to the cerebellum
Ancestry of “cerebellar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ar | Of, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ar | — |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
Words derived from “cerebellar”
- spinocerebellar
- pontocerebellar
- olivopontocerebellar
- olivocerebellar
- vestibulocerebellar
- precerebellar
- cuneocerebellar
- intracerebellar
- corticocerebellar
- cerebrocerebellar
- transcerebellar
- neocerebellar
- extracerebellar
- frontocerebellar
- noncerebellar
- trigeminocerebellar
- hypothalamocerebellar
- palaeocerebellar
- acerebellar
- corticothalamocerebellar
- reticulocerebellar
- anticerebellar
- bulbocerebellar
- hemicerebellar