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Where does “extraskeletal” come from?

extraskeletal (English) comes from English skeletal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

extraskeletal (English): Located in soft tissue rather than in the bones

Definitions

  1. Located in soft tissue rather than in the bones

Ancestry of “extraskeletal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishskeletalof, or relating to the skeleton; haggard,...
2English-ál—
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
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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