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Where does “corticocallosal” come from?

corticocallosal (English) comes from English cortico-, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

corticocallosal (English): Of or pertaining to the cortex and the corpus...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the cortex and the corpus...

Ancestry of “corticocallosal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcortico-cortex, usually the adrenal cortex or the...
2LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—
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