Where does “corneal neuralgia” come from?
corneal neuralgia (English) comes from English cornea, from Romanian Cornea, from Romanian -ea, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
corneal neuralgia (English): Eye-pain caused by damage to nerves in the eye and cornea, due to injury or eye surgery, such as lasik
Definitions
- Eye-pain caused by damage to nerves in the eye and cornea, due to injury or eye surgery, such as lasik
Ancestry of “corneal neuralgia”, step by step
corneal neuralgia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cornea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cornea | The transparent layer making up the outermost... |
| 2 | Romanian | Cornea | — |
| 3 | Romanian | -ea | A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs; Used... |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |