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Where does “circumfoveal” come from?

circumfoveal (English) comes from English foveal, from Latin fovealis, from Latin Fovea, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

circumfoveal (English): Around the fovea

Definitions

  1. Around the fovea

Ancestry of “circumfoveal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfovealOf or pertaining to the fovea
2Latinfovealisof or pertaining to an ore-pit or ore-pits
3LatinFoveasmall pit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
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