Where does “foveally” come from?

foveally (English) comes from English foveal, from Latin fovealis, from Latin Fovea, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

foveally (English): Towards the fovea

Definitions

  1. Towards the fovea

Ancestry of “foveally”, step by step

foveally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English foveal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfovealOf or pertaining to the fovea
2Latinfovealisof or pertaining to an ore-pit or ore-pits
3LatinFoveasmall pit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li

Words derived from “foveally”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- →Every word from Latin Fovea →Every word from Latin fovealis →
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