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Where does “corticogeniculate” come from?

corticogeniculate (English) comes from English geniculate, from Latin geniculatus, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

corticogeniculate (English): Going from the cortex to the geniculate nucleus

Definitions

  1. Going from the cortex to the geniculate nucleus

Ancestry of “corticogeniculate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeniculateBent abruptly, with the structure of a knee;...
2Latingeniculatusknotty
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelos—
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