Where does “extracavernous” come from?
extracavernous (English) comes from English cavernous, from French caverneux, from Latin cavernosus, from Latin caverna, from Italian caverna, from French caverne, from English cavern, from Middle English caverne.
extracavernous (English): Outside the corpus cavernosum
Definitions
- Outside the corpus cavernosum
Ancestry of “extracavernous”, step by step
extracavernous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cavernous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cavernous | Resembling a cavern; vast; Having many caverns;... |
| 2 | French | caverneux | cavernous; sonorous |
| 3 | Latin | cavernosus | Full of hollows or cavities |
| 4 | Latin | caverna | cave, cavern, grotto; vault, chamber, cleft; hold |
| 5 | Italian | caverna | cave, cavern |
| 6 | French | caverne | cavern |
| 7 | English | cavern | A large cave; An underground chamber; To form a... |
| 8 | Middle English | caverne | cavern, cave |
| 9 | Middle French | caverne | cavern |
| 10 | Old French | caverne | — |
via English extra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extra | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or... |
| 2 | English | extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably... |
| 3 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 4 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |