Where does “endovascular” come from?
Endovascular comes from English endo- plus vascular, where vascular derives from Latin vāsculum, the diminutive of vās meaning vessel.
endovascular (English): Within a blood vessel
Definitions
- Within a blood vessel
Ancestry of “endovascular”, step by step
endovascular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vascular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vascular | Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood,... |
| 2 | New Latin | vascularis | vascular |
| 3 | Latin | vāsculum | a small vessel or container |
| 4 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |