Where does “foramen” come from?
Foramen comes from Latin foramen, formed from Latin forum meaning "opening" or "passage" combined with the Latin suffix -men, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer-.
foramen (English): an opening, an orifice; a short passage
Definitions
- an opening, an orifice; a short passage
Ancestry of “foramen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | forāmen | — |
| 2 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
Words derived from “foramen”