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Where does “geniculoextrastriate” come from?

geniculoextrastriate (English) comes from English extrastriate, from English striate, from Latin striatum, from Latin strio, from Latin stria, from Latin vascularis, from Latin vāsculum, from Latin -culum — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

geniculoextrastriate (English): Relating to the geniculate nucleus and the...

Definitions

  1. Relating to the geniculate nucleus and the...

Ancestry of “geniculoextrastriate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishextrastriateDescribing that part of the cortex next to the...
2EnglishstriateTo mark something with striations; striated;...
3Latinstriatumnominative neuter singular of striātus;...
4Latinstrioto groove
5LatinstriaA furrow, channel, groove, hollow; Alternative...
6Latinvascularis—
7Latinvāsculum—
8Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
9Proto-Italic-klom—
10Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
11Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
12Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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