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Where does “dorsoventral” come from?

dorsoventral (English) comes from English ventral, from French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from Latin venter, from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri.

dorsoventral (English): Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and...

Ancestry of “dorsoventral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventralRelated to the abdomen or stomach; On the front...
2Frenchventralventral
3Latinventrālis—
4Latinventerbelly, abdomen; body, trunk; stomach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwend-tri—

Words derived from “dorsoventral”

  • dorsoventrally
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