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Where does “ductal” come from?

Ductal is an English adjective derived from duct, which comes from Latin duco meaning "to lead," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dewk- with the same sense.

ductal (English): Of, relating to, or originating in a duct

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or originating in a duct

Ancestry of “ductal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “ductal”

  • intraductal
  • periductal
  • postductal
  • preductal
  • transductal
  • extraductal
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