Where does “corticothalamocortical” come from?

corticothalamocortical (English) comes from English thalamocortical, from English cortical, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

corticothalamocortical (English): From the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back...

Definitions

  1. From the cerebral cortex to the thalamus and back...

Ancestry of “corticothalamocortical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthalamocorticalRelating to, or connecting the thalamus and the...
2EnglishcorticalPertaining to the outer layer of an internal...
3LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
4Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sEvery word from Latin cortexEvery word from English cortical
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