Where does “excyclotorsion” come from?
excyclotorsion (English) comes from English ex, from English expensive, from Latin expensivus, from Latin expendo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
excyclotorsion (English): The outward torsional movement of the eye, mediated by the inferior oblique muscle
Definitions
- The outward torsional movement of the eye, mediated by the inferior oblique muscle
Ancestry of “excyclotorsion”, step by step
excyclotorsion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ex | The name of the Latin-script letter X; To delete;... |
| 2 | English | expensive | Given to expending a lot of money; profligate,... |
| 3 | Latin | expensivus | — |
| 4 | Latin | expendo | I weigh; I pay out; I judge |
| 5 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 6 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English cyclotorsion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyclotorsion | The degree of rotation of an eye around its... |
| 2 | English | cyclo | A tuk-tuk; A cycle rickshaw |
| 3 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 4 | Middle English | O | — |
| 5 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 6 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |