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Where does “geniculocortical” come from?

geniculocortical (English) comes from English geniculo-, from Latin geniculatus, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos.

geniculocortical (English): Going from the geniculate nucleus to the cortex

Definitions

  1. Going from the geniculate nucleus to the cortex

Ancestry of “geniculocortical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgeniculo-—
2Latingeniculatusknotty
3Latingeniculumknee; little knot
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelos—
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