Where does “electroretinal” come from?

electroretinal (English) comes from English retinal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

electroretinal (English): Relating to the electric output of the retina (when exposed to light)

Definitions

  1. Relating to the electric output of the retina (when exposed to light)

Ancestry of “electroretinal”, step by step

electroretinal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English retinal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretinalOf or pertaining to the retina; One of several...
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English electro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelectroAn electrotype; An electronic style of hip hop;...
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum
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